… Trump might well destroy or otherwise tamper with evidence or intimidate potential witnesses or notify his confederates in criminal behavior. In other words, the District Court thought there was a serious possibility that Trump would illegally interfere with the #J6 grand jury investigation. 5/
Discussion
It is easy to lapse into just nodding along with the District Court’s finding. After all, #Trump has always and forever been playing games with judicial proceedings. But this really is striking: the District Court and the DC Circuit Court have both determined that he could not be trusted not to actively meddle with an ongoing criminal investigation by messing with evidence, menacing witnesses, telling his cronies about the nature of the investigation. #LawFedi 6/