“Any other pretrial defendant” would have been ordered into pretrial detention if he displayed conduct like Trump’s, said Kirschner, an ex-federal prosecutor.
Donald Trump could face pretrial detention over his comments about his upcoming trial in the Department of Justice’s 2020 election subversion case, former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner says.
Trump, who has now been indicted four times, has faced renewed scrutiny over his Truth Social posts and other remarks about his legal troubles, which critics say go beyond his right to free speech and cross over into witness intimidation and threats. His comments have included urging former Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan to not testify before a grand jury and accusing Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis of having an affair with a gang member, without any evidence.
Late Monday, Trump and 18 allies were indicted by the Georgia grand jury on state criminal charges in connection with their efforts to overturn the former president’s 2020 electoral defeat in that state. The 41-count indictment follows a two-and-a-half-year investigation by Willis, the district attorney in Georgia’s Fulton County.
