The full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected an effort by Twitter to appeal a ruling that allowed special counsel Jack Smith to access records from former President Donald Trump's Twitter account as part of his federal election interference probe. MORE: Special counsel sought Trump's Twitter DMs despite 'extraordinary' pushback from company, court documents sayOn Tuesday, the full court did not issue an opinion accompanying its rejection of the appeal, though a minority of judges consisting of the court's conservative jurists issued an accompanying statement that argued that the ruling ignored potentially relevant executive privilege issues. The ruling from the court means that none of the Twitter records and data that Smith has obtained will be clawed back -- though it's unclear whether the social media company will seek to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court. Court rejects Twitter's appeal of ruling that let special counsel access Trump's DMs originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News January 17, 2024 15:09 UTC