This should be standard in any Trump indictment. He constantly obtructs justice:
Lawyers who practice frequently in Washington, D.C., including MSNBC contributor Glenn Kirschner, say that most of the conditions of release imposed on Trump by the magistrate judge were standard, including the requirement that he not commit a crime while free.
However, they say that Judge Moxila Upadhyaya did issue a warning to Trump that is not commonly given to defendants at arraignments: “Finally, sir, I want to remind you that it is a crime to try to influence a juror, or to threaten or attempt to bribe a witness or any other person who may have information about your case, or to retaliate against anyone for providing information about your case to the prosecution, or to otherwise obstruct the administration of justice.”
Andrew Weissman had a similar impression:
[T]he standard condition that a judge usually emphasizes to a defendant is that they have to show up at each court appearance. That is the most important thing. That is what bail is for — so that you’ll show up in court.
But I heard that the standard condition and most important thing today is “do not commit a crime’’ followed up by “do not tamper with a juror.” My first reaction was, I was a prosecutor for 21 years and I was a defense lawyer for five years, and I’ve never heard that.
Trump has no compunction about threatening witnesses, prosecutors and judges, he does it openly all the time. Everyone one America knows this. This warning from the judge won’t stop him. Their whole legal theory is based upon the idea that threatening witnesses and ordering crimes to be committed by others is protected speech. Mob Bosses must be very interested in how this comes out.