Google and X, formerly Twitter, recently provided hundreds of files to Michigan prosecutors for their 2020 election subversion probe, complying with search warrants that investigators obtained after CNN revealed secret social media accounts belonging to pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who played a major role in the fake electors plot.
  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
    33·
    2 months ago

    Read the article. How exactly did they expect this to work on a “states’ grounds” premise when the hardware doesn’t exist in said state?

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      2 months ago

      It’s not really pertinent where those records are stored (or the hardware.)

      Google operates in Michigan, and is subject to Michigan laws. This includes answering subpoenas for relevant documents

    • TransplantedSconie
      9·
      2 months ago

      I’m not understanding what you are saying.

      Twitter and Google gave them the messages in question after being presented with a warrant.