Prosecutors warned judge that Trump learning of Twitter search warrant could 'precipitate violence'
Prosecutors warned a judge in April that if Donald Trump learned of their search warrant for his Twitter account, it could "precipitate violence," per new court filings. Prosecutors for special counsel Jack Smith Pet itioned a judge in secret proceedings in April, arguing that if former President Donald Trump learned of the search warrant they secured for his Twitter account, it could " precipitate violence " -- evoking the attack by one of Trump's supporters on an FBI field office in Ohio that occurred after the search of Mar-a-Lago last year, according to newly unsealed court filings. The special counsel's office early this year served Twitter with a search warrant for records and data from Trump's Twitter account as part of its federal investigation in efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, ABC News previously reported. In making their case to keep Twitter from disclosing the search to Trump, prosecutors argued that the former president...