Twitter has lost its appeal of a court ruling that held the company in contempt for failing to promptly respond to a search warrant seeking information related to the Twitter account of former president Donald Trump—even though the social media platform ultimately complied.

The original ruling, which also carried a $350,000 sanction, was issued in March, and the rejection of Twitter’s appeal was delivered July 18. But details of the case were not public and only revealed on Wednesday—with court-sealed information redacted.

The case is part of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s high-profile investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Although the court filings do not specify what information Twitter ultimately provided—the Jan. 17 search warrant directed Twitter to “produce data and records related to the ‘@realDonaldTrump’ Twitter account”—it’s likely to be direct messages exchanged with other Twitter users. The rest of Trump’s activity on the platform was public posts shared with his 88 million followers, until he was booted from the site after the riot.

According to the filing, the government had a hard time serving Twitter with the search warrant and nondisclsoure order.

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Author: Ryan Ozawa

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