The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Elon Musk’s X Corp on Monday, regarding a case involving special counsel Jack Smith and former President Donald Trump's Twitter messages. The appeal claimed that Smith violated the First Amendment by obtaining a search warrant for Trump's messages and then prohibiting X Corp from disclosing it. The court's decision to not comment on the matter and the absence of any noted dissents were notable aspects of the case.
Smith's investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election led to the search for the former president's communications on Twitter, now known as X. Trump was indicted last year, and his case is currently pending in US District Court in Washington. Twitter initially refused to comply with the search warrant and was fined $350,000 for its non-compliance. The company's objection was not to the warrant itself but to the gag order imposed on it.
