Special Counsel Obtains Trump's Direct Messages as Part of Election Probe

The Department of Justice served Twitter with a search warrant for Trump's account as part of its investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Twitter initially resisted complying with the warrant due to a nondisclosure order, but ultimately provided at least 32 direct messages.
Prosecutors argued that notifying Trump could result in destruction of evidence or intimidation of witnesses.
The messages were obtained by special counsel Jack Smith between October 2020 and January 2021.
The scope of the material received from Twitter and its exact role in the ongoing investigation remains unclear.