Every account that liked or retweeted former President Donald Trump’s posts on what was formerly known as Twitter became a target of the Biden Justice Department as revealed in a newly released document.
Among several documents that were released by the Justice Department on Monday was the search warrant special counsel Jack Smith ordered to investigate the former president’s Twitter account. Revealed in the pages of the document was that Twitter users who interacted with the then-president’s account also had their data investigated.
Information about tweets, his search history, and notably even the users who followed, liked, or retweeted Trump before his Twitter account was suspended following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot were part of the sweeping search warrant. Elon Musk, who bought the social media platform and renamed it X reinstated Trump’s account in 2022.
The document released Monday is “heavily redacted,” with the New York Post reporting “Eight of the 14 pages related to the search warrant are completely redacted.”
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) November 29, 2023
The wide-ranging areas covered in the search warrant raised an alarm on X where journalists, pundits and others reacted to the fact that even those who liked or shared Trump’s tweets were targeted.
As part of his war on Trump, Jack Smith collected info on any American who retweeted or favorited Trump tweets. This is such a dystopic nightmare, as is the way it’s calmly accepted by so much of the country. https://t.co/p46htXJzNk
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) November 29, 2023
“In the pages that aren’t obscured, there are demands by Smith for information on virtually every conceivable aspect of the 77-year-old former president’s Twitter account, including “all advertising information … and ad topic preferences,” all IP addresses associated with the account, Trump’s privacy and account settings, records of the account’s communications with Twitter support and all direct messages sent and received by the account from October 2020 to January 2021,” the New York Post reported.
“The government also sought information on users who interacted with Trump leading up to the riot,” the outlet added.
Jack Smith wants to know the name of every American who retweeted or liked Trump’s tweets. Can someone please tell that son of bitch this is still the United States of America. pic.twitter.com/m1RFM2k3u4
— TMK (@TheMagaKing) November 29, 2023
Also released on Monday was the Justice Department’s legal response to Twitter attempting to notify Trump about the search warrant at the time, which had been issued to the social media platform with a nondisclosure order.
Reactions on X were swift and scorching.
It’s illegal to be a Republican. You will be surveilled if you are.
WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THE PEOPLE TO WAKE UP?
Why was Jack Smith allowed to collect info on Americans who retweeted or favorited Trump tweets? @SpeakerJohnson
AMERICA IS A #PoliceState!… pic.twitter.com/HZGMyvFaaR
— LionHearted (@LionHearted76) November 29, 2023
That makes me a target for the DOJ now? This is unbelievable. Talk about Communist Tyranny.
— Patriotic 🇺🇸Suzanne⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@suzost) November 29, 2023
I interacted then and still do. So, Jack Smith, here is one name you don’t need to ask for, and you can kiss my assets.
— 🇺🇸 Larry 🇺🇸 (@LarryDJonesJr) November 29, 2023
“May” have been?
Of course we were targeted.
They went after ALL OF US via censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story.
They also went after specific conservative users who had large followings.
It’s pure tyranny and Republicans in Congress aren’t doing squat about it.
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) November 29, 2023
The justice system has become the enemy of justice.
— David Brubaker (@D123brutwt) November 29, 2023
We are all Donald Trump now! #MAGA
— 🇺🇸 Pismo 🇺🇸 (@Pismo_B) November 29, 2023
