{"id":2002312,"date":"2023-08-16T10:59:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T14:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-gave-special-counsel-trumps-deleted-messages-location-data-documents\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T11:01:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T15:01:01","slug":"twitter-gave-special-counsel-trumps-deleted-messages-location-data-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-gave-special-counsel-trumps-deleted-messages-location-data-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter provided Special Counsel with Trump&#8217;s deleted messages and location data, according to documents."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-gave-special-counsel-trumps-deleted-messages-location-data-documents%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2002312&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Twitter\u200c Hands \u2063Over Voluminous Set of Data from Trump&#8217;s Account to Special Counsel<\/h2>\n<p>In a recent development, Twitter has provided special \u200dcounsel \u200bJack Smith with a massive amount\u2064 of data from former President \u200bDonald Trump&#8217;s\u2063 account, according \u2063to newly unsealed documents. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-gave-special-counsel-trumps-deleted-messages-location-data-documents\/\" title=\"Twitter provided Special Counsel with Trump's deleted messages and location data, according to documents.\">data includes deleted direct messages<\/a>, \u200cother direct messages, draft posts, and information on the locations\u200c of users who posted to the account. Notably, the data\u200c also \u200ccontains &#8220;confidential communications&#8221; between President Trump \u2064and his senior advisers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/what-we-know-about-fani-willis-the-prosecutor-leading-the-georgia-election-case-against-donald-trump-5469199\">What \u2064We Know About Fani Willis, the Prosecutor Leading the \u2062Georgia Election Case Against Donald Trump<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">8\/16\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-and-18-co-defendants-will-be-booked-at-fulton-county-jail-sheriff-5468934\">Trump and 18 Co-defendants \u2064Will Be Booked at Fulton County Jail: Sheriff<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">8\/16\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter initially challenged the\u200b warrant \u2062for the data, but U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell rejected their challenge. \u200bTwitter argued\u2062 that the\u200b warrant infringed on its constitutional rights and sought permission to \u200cinform President Trump about \u2062the\u2063 warrant so\u2062 he could oppose it based\u2064 on\u200c claims of executive\u200d privilege. However, Judge\u200c Howell upheld the\u200c warrant \u200dand a linked non-disclosure order, ultimately sanctioning Twitter for failing to provide the data promptly.<\/p>\n<p>Although \u2063Twitter appealed the ruling, an appeals court\u2064 sided with Judge \u200dHowell, stating that the prosecutors\u2064 had a compelling \u2064interest in their investigation \u2064of\u200b Mr. Trump and that the order was narrowly\u200c tailored.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-says-he-met-with-james-biden-a-dozen-times-denies-business-talk\/\" title=\"Blinken denies discussing business with James Biden, but confirms meeting him 12 times.\">recently released transcript<\/a> is part of a collection of unsealed documents that also includes the warrant\u200c itself. \u2063Mr. Smith&#8217;s team was granted extensive access to \u2062Twitter&#8217;s data, including all records from October 2020 to January 2021, composed posts, direct messages, devices \u200dused to access the account, and more. Twitter was also \u200brequired \u200bto provide lists of users followed and blocked by President Trump, users who liked or\u200d shared his\u2064 posts, and\u200d all searches he performed during the specified\u200d period.<\/p>\n<p>During the court hearing, Twitter&#8217;s\u2064 attorney clarified\u200d that there was no bank or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dark-huntor-police-arrest-150-following-closure-of-dark-webs-largest-illegal-market\/\" title=\"'Dark HunTor:' Police Arrest 150 Following Closure of Dark Web's Largest Illegal Market\">credit card information<\/a> associated with the \u2062account, as the Twitter service is free.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Twitter mentioned that they were working on producing additional records, including data that \u200cmay have\u200d been deleted after the account was reinstated in late 2022. It&#8217;s\u200b worth\u2064 noting that Twitter suspended President Trump&#8217;s account in 2021 \u2063following the breach of\u200c the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump \u200dhas criticized the actions of President \u200bJoe Biden&#8217;s Department of Justice, \u200cclaiming they are an attempt to infringe\u200b on his campaign and questioning the \u2063existence of the\u200b First Amendment.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:640px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Former President Donald Trump speaks \u2064in Columbia, S.C., on Aug. 5, 2023. (Melissa Sue Gerrits\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Challenge<\/h2>\n<p>Mr. \u200cSmith&#8217;s team requested a non-disclosure order to keep the \u2064warrant secret, arguing that informing President Trump would pose a risk. They believed that maintaining secrecy \u2064would allow the grand jury\u2063 to \u200cdeliberate freely\u200c and prevent witness tampering. However, Twitter\u200c argued that the existence of\u200c the investigation\u2062 is already \u200bpublic knowledge, as disclosed by\u200b the Department of Justice, and that various reports have detailed the grand jury&#8217;s proceedings. Twitter\u200d also claimed that the non-disclosure order violated its \u2064First Amendment rights, \u200dciting its terms that promise\u2064 to notify\u2063 users of account information disclosures\u200d unless prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The non-disclosure order in this \u200bcase is \u2063particularly significant given that the \u2063warrant seeks \u2064the contents of private communications sent to\u2063 or from the then-President of the United States that raise unique and \u200bcomplex<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly unsealed documents reveal that Twitter, now known as X, has provided special counsel Jack Smith with an extensive collection of data from former President Donald Trump&#8217;s account. This includes deleted direct messages, other direct messages, draft posts, and user location information. 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