The FBI pressured Twitter to provide data about users without a search warrant. It was also revealed that the Bureau paid Twitter at least 3.4 million for the partnership. And then getting back to the Hunter Biden laptop story, this latest drop also showed that immediately after the New York Post reached out to Hunter Biden, seeking comment for the story they were going to publish on October 14, 2020,. The FBI contacted Twitter within a matter of hours, warning that a Russian leak operation would be coming.