The Department of Justice appears to have collected information on anyone who liked, followed, or retweeted Donald Trump’s Twitter account — among other actions in connection to the former president’s social media — in the days leading up to the January 6 U.S. Capitol breach.
Special Counsel Jack Smith ordered a search warrant against X, formerly known as Twitter, earlier this year as part of his investigation into Trump for allegedly interfering with the 2020 presidential election and the events at the nation’s capitol just before Congress certified Joe Biden as the next president in 2021.
But after several media outlets filed a lawsuit to obtain the document and other related documents, the search warrant released on Monday showed federal authorities gathered a massive trove of data from users who interacted with Trump’s personal Twitter account from October 2020 to January 2021.
“All information from the ‘Connect’ or ‘Notifications’ tab for the account, including all lists of Twitter users who have favorited or retweeted tweets posted by the account, as well as all tweets that include the username associated with the account (i.e. ‘mentions’ or ‘replies’),” the warrant reads.
