Tag: Twitter-DOJ spat over Trump

The room was locked when prosecutors from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office and lawyers from the company then known as Twitter Inc appeared February 9 before a federal judge in Washington.The secrecy was needed to prevent word from reaching the subject of the court fight: Donald Trump.US District Judge Beryl Howell was concerned that the parties were already back two days after they’d argued before her. On February 7, she’d rejected Twitter’s request for a delay in giving records to the government. The social media company had asked...