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Al Jazeera Staff

Twitter fined for delay in complying with federal Trump election probe

Former US President Donald Trump has called the search warrant a violation of his rights [File: Reba Saldanha/Reuters]

Newly released court documents have revealed that federal investigators successfully requested a search warrant for the Twitter account of former United States President Donald Trump.

The documents also indicated that Twitter — now known as X — attempted to resist the warrant, ultimately resulting in the social media platform being held in civil contempt.

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