Elon Musk left Twitter in such disarray last year, that DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith couldn't even get a subpoena through for his Trump investigation.
There is a shocking amount of incompetence on display here—now that it's no longer happening in secret.
DOJ investigators wanted Twitter to turn over @realDonaldTrump account data—without telling him.
Elon Musk, leaning into his #Twitterfiles argument and waving the banner of the First Amendment, had Twitter's lawyers refuse to comply.
@realDonaldTrump A federal judge gave Twitter a single day to turn stuff over.
The company did it, late mind you—but screwed that up too.
@realDonaldTrump Jack Smith really is assertive about protecting the FBI agents working on this Trump investigation.
On June 20, he was willing to let Trump know about the Twitter records he grabbed—as long as the former president wouldn't know the name of the lead FBI agent.
@realDonaldTrump Seems like the special counsel found whatever he was looking for. This was a one-time ask.
@realDonaldTrump Is Judge Cannon down in Florida taking notes?
(She recently revealed the existence of a grand jury Trump investigation.)
https://t.co/W4xFuBuFYEthedailybeast.com/judge-aileen-c…
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