The revelation was included in a brief the Justice Department filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that was unsealed Friday.
"The former president's obstructive efforts continue unabated with respect to this investigation here, in which he has determined to pay the legal fees of potential witnesses against him and repeatedly disparaged the lead prosecutor on his Truth Social platform," Justice Department lawyers wrote of the 2020 election-related probe, adding that Trump's"pattern of obstructive conduct amply supports the district court's conclusion that the former president presents a...
In their brief, prosecutors pushed back on narrower alternatives to the nondisclosure order suggested by Twitter and said the proposals would fail to"adequately protect [the] investigation … and could precipitate violence as occurred following the public disclosure of the search warrant executed at Mar-a-Lago."
An appendix unsealed Friday that featured a trove of documents related to Twitter's challenge to the warrant and nondisclosure order included a copy of the warrant, authorized by Howell on Jan. 17. The social media company was given until Jan. 27 to comply.
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