U.S. Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya has issued an order prohibiting former President Donald Trump from talking to anyone whom he knows is a witness in the case against him for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election.
In a document which Mr. Trump signed during his Aug. 3 arraignment in Washington—just blocks from the U.S. Capitol, which a mob of his supporters stormed on Jan. 6, 2021, trying to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s victory as president—prosecutors state that it is unlawful to “obstruct a criminal investigation; tamper with a witness, victim, juror, informant, or officer of the court. The penalties for tampering, retaliation or intimidation are significantly more serious if they involve a killing or attempted killing.”
