Google and X, formerly Twitter, have reportedly handed over hundreds of files to Michigan prosecutors as part of their investigation into ‘subversion’ in the 2020 election.
This action follows the issuance of search warrants to investigators after CNN uncovered secret social media accounts linked to lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who was heavily involved in the electors scheme.
The previously undisclosed warrants granted prosecutors access to new emails from Chesebro and his private direct messages on Twitter. These warrants indicate that Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is continuing to gather additional information in her investigation, even nine months after charging the state's electors with forgery and other offenses for signing certificates asserting that Donald Trump won the state in 2020.
The search warrants to Google and X were executed in March, shortly after CNN's report revealed that Chesebro had withheld some of his social media accounts from prosecutors during a cooperation session last year. Chesebro has not been charged in Michigan. However, he has pleaded guilty in Georgia's election interference investigation.
When Chesebro met with Nessel’s investigators in December, they inquired about his social media accounts. Despite concealing his secret Twitter account, Chesebro informed investigators that he did not utilize social media applications for sending and receiving private messages.
That denial is contradicted by the materials provided by X to investigators, which include over 160 sent messages and more than 25 received messages spanning from 2014 to 2021, with the majority occurring during the 2020 election.
