Prosecutors investigating former US President Donald Trump said in April that if the tycoon was informed of the search warrant against his social network account
Smith applied for registration in January 2023, but said the information was not made public until early August, when it was made public by an appeals court that upheld an earlier ruling that blocked the social network from informing Trump of the ongoing order.
According to new documents, prosecutors feared that if the tycoon knew about the search warrant, he could post it on the same social network, thereby “triggering violence as occurred after the disclosure of the search warrant issued at Mar-a-Lago.” Politico reported.
The process, carried out in a certain secrecy, made it possible to collect a total of 32 direct messages from the former president’s account as part of the investigation, according to the 71-page file published on Friday.
“These are not hypothetical considerations. After his defeat in the 2020 presidential election, the former president spread false claims of fraud, pressured state and federal officials to violate their duties, and retaliated against those who did not comply with his demands, culminating in the…violence of January 6th. , the text says, as The Hill reports.
District Court Judge Beryl Howell in February accused the social network of contempt and fined the company $350,000 for failing to comply with court-ordered deadlines to comply with search warrants.
Prosecutors believe the former president lied about alleged voter fraud in the election and spread messages that ultimately encouraged the attack to prevent the certification of current President Joe Biden’s victory.
