X was fined for defying a judge’s deadline to comply with a US Justice Department search warrant for records related to Trump’s account.
Twitter Inc, now rebranded as X, was fined US$350,000 for defying a judge’s deadline to comply with a US Justice Department search warrant for records related to Donald Trump’s account, according to a court opinion unsealed on Aug 9. — AFP
In the 3-0 opinion, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit rejected Twitter’s objections to the nondisclosure order and upheld the lower court judge’s civil contempt sanction. The opinion notes that Twitter ultimately complied with the warrant. Trump was indicted on Aug 1 on felony charges that he conspired to obstruct the election. He has pleaded not guilty.
Smith’s office had obtained a search warrant for data and other records related to Trump’s @realDonaldTrump account in mid-January, according to the opinion. The district judge who signed off on it – US District Judge Beryl Howell, then the DC court’s chief judge – found probable cause at the time to search the account “for evidence of criminal offences.”
Howell ruled against the company and ordered it to comply by Feb 7; the original deadline had been Jan 27. Twitter missed that new deadline and didn’t produce all of the records until the evening of Feb 9, triggering the monetary sanctions.
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