SpaceX founder Elon Musk gestures to the audience after being recognized by President Donald Trump at NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building following the successful launch of a Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center, May 30, 2020.Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | Getty ImagesAs part of a criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election, a federal judge asked if the company formerly known as Twitter was trying to “cozy up” to the ex-president by refusing to hand over data related to his account.According to a court transcript that was made public Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell grilled Twitter’s legal team during a hearing Feb. 7 over its delay in delivering the materials to special counsel Jack Smith, who had a search warrant for Trump’s Twitter account.At the time, Twitter wasn’t complying with the warrant, citing various legal arguments and its desire to notify Trump about the probe. Tesla CEO Elon Musk purchased Twitter late last year and soon reinstated Trump’s account; the ex-president had been kicked off the site in January 2021 followi …
