Former President Donald Trump is doing his best to manipulate, intimidate, and scare away witnesses in the leadup to his federal 2020 election charges going to trial, argued former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti on Friday. This comes as a federal appeals court upheld the gag order placed upon Trump by Judge Tanya Chutkan. “I think this is a court masterfully dealing with the defendant, who is so unique,” said Mariotti, speaking on MSNBC. “Here’s a defendant who can actually send a message directly to a witness just by, you know ‘truthing,’ I guess, not tweeting anymore. But if Trump had ma…