The data obtained by the special counsel may be key evidence against the former president if the federal election-subversion case ever reaches trial.

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Elon Musk’s X Corp. claiming special counsel Jack Smith violated the First Amendment when he obtained a search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s messages on Twitter and then barred the company from disclosing it.

The Supreme Court won’t hear X Corp.’s challenge to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s access to former President Donald Trump’s Twitter DMs. In his investigation into Trump’s efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election,