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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Topic started by: mystery-ak on January 16, 2024, 08:51:20 pm
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Jack Smith’s search warrant on Trump marks historic ‘break’ from precedent: Judge
By
Kaelan Deese
January 16, 2024 3:05 pm
A federal appeals court declined on Tuesday to reconsider its decision to allow the government to execute a search warrant for information related to former President Donald Trump‘s Twitter account, prompting a stiff rebuke from at least four Republican-appointed judges.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected Trump’s request on Tuesday to block special counsel Jack Smith from accessing his Twitter feed as part of his election interference case. A majority of the appeals court ruled to deny further review.
“Upon consideration of appellant’s petition for rehearing en banc, the response thereto, the amicus curiae brief filed by Electronic Frontier Foundation in support of rehearing en banc, and the absence of a request by any member of the court for a vote, it is ordered that the petition be denied,” the ruling states.
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2799453/smiths-search-warrant-on-trump-break-from-precedent-judge/