Former President Donald Trump's communication has been at the center of several court cases and investigations, but he argues there isn't much more he can provide, in part because he doesn't use text messages."He doesn't email, he doesn't text," said Jason Miller, CEO of Gettr and a former Trump campaign spokesman.news week.Miller, a longtime adviser to the former president, was involved in Trump's presidential campaigns and on his transition team.He officially stepped down from his role as Trump's spokesman in June, and in the time he's known and worked with Trump, Miller said he "never texted" her.Although Trump may have sent or received a text message, he swore in an affidavit that if he did use text messages, he has been the rare exception for more than 10 years.“Since at least January 1, 2010, it has been my regular practice not to communicate via email, text, or other digital methods of communication,” Trump wrote in a recent affidavit.This is not the first time Trump's use of his cell phone has made its way into the legal battle.During a hearing in late April, Trump's attorney, Alina Habba, told Judge Arthur Engoron that her client does not have the written communication that New York Attorney General Letitia James was seeking.“President Trump does not send emails.He doesn't send text messages.And he doesn't have a work computer at home or anywhere else,” Habba said, according to CNN.Days later, Engoron ruled that Trump should be held in contempt of court for failing to comply with the subpoena in the James investigation.James is investigating whether Trump used financial statements to inflate the value of his assets in an effort to get better loans.He is also the subject of a second investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney.Describing Trump as one of, if not the, most famous real estate agents, Engoron said he was "surprised" that Trump was unable to produce the documents the subpoena sought.The judge agreed with James that Trump should be fined $10,000 a day and rejected the former president's initial affidavit as lacking useful information about why he couldn't produce the requested records.Engoron ordered Trump to file a subsequent affidavit swearing details of where the files were stored, who had access to them and information about his electronic devices.In his May 6 affidavit, Trump said that he received a cell phone from the Trump Organization in 2015, but that he no longer had it in his possession and did not know where he was.He added that he brought a Samsung mobile phone to the White House, but "it was taken from me at some point while he was president."Trump told the judge that he currently has two phones, one of which is an iPhone and is used for personal reasons.The other was given to him by Truth Social, the former president's social media app, and is used "exclusively for posting on Truth Social," he said.“I never made or received a call, sent or received a text, or used this phone in any other way,” Trump said.Who Trump spoke to, when, and what was said is not just under the microscope in James' investigation of Trump's business dealings.The former president's communications have also been a focal point of the January 6 Select Committee's work.Trump has tried to block the committee from obtaining the records from him, arguing in failed court attempts that the information is classified under the executive privilege he enjoyed as president.He has largely been unsuccessful in preventing the committee from carrying out the investigation, and in March, the National Archives released White House phone records from January 6.The records leave a seven-hour gap in the official White House notes for any calls Trump had that day.After the records were made public, Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the committee, said lawmakers were considering subpoenaing Trump's personal phone records to help fill in gaps left by White House records.Yet the committee has predominantly tried to circumvent Trump to build the case against him.Relying heavily on testimony from people close to the former president, including White House staff and two of his children, the committee also reportedly collected text messages from Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff.The text messages show many people close to the president urging Trump to condemn the riots on Capitol Hill or to do so in much stronger terms.The messages also show various conversations about possible plans to challenge the election results in hopes of overturning President Joe Biden's victory.If Trump were committed to his policy of using text messages only rarely, if ever, the House Select Committee might not be able to uncover a damning message directly to or from the president.It is not clear why Trump chose January 1, 2010 to implement the practice of not using digital forms of communication.Newsweek reached out to Trump for comment.Your email address will not be published.Required fields are marked with *Save my name, email and website in this browser for the next time I comment.