The Supreme Court won’t hear X Corp.‘s challenge to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s access to former President Donald Trump‘s Twitter DMs.
In his investigation into Trump’s efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election, Smith obtained a search warrant for the messages, but Twitter was also prevented from disclosing the warrant to the former president.
X Corp., the successor to Twitter, has challenged the gag order, arguing that it violated the First Amendment. The high court justices declined to take the case, but made no comment.
The Elon Musk-owned company initially balked at complying with Smith’s investigation, and was fined $350,000 by a district court judge for its delay.
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