Supreme Court Declines to Hear Musk’s X Appeal Over Trump Investigation [Video]

The U.S. Supreme Court announced this week that it will not hear an appeal from Elon Musk‘s X social media platform relating to an investigation into former President Donald Trump.

On Monday, the Supreme Court Justices denied to hear an appeal relating to an appeal from X, formerly Twitter, and owner Musk, over the election interference investigation into the former president. The justices did not provide any reasoning for the denial and none dissented from the opinion.

X argues that a nondisclosure order preventing the company from informing Donald Trump about a warrant issued by special counsel Jack Smith‘s team violated its First Amendment rights.

The platform also contends that Trump should have been given the opportunity to assert executive privilege. The company’s lawyers argued that without limitations, the government could use similar methods to access other privileged communications. Two nonpartisan electronic privacy organizations have also urged the Supreme Court to hear …