Mr. Trump should be remanded to jail after making this vile threat.
That didn’t take long for Mr. Trump to violate the terms D.C. judge Tanya Chutkan emphatically laid down for Trump’s release.
by Charles Jay for Community Contributors Team
Former President Donald Trump lucked out when U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon was randomly selected to handle the Mar-a-Lago documents case in Southern Florida. But his luck may have run out when U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan was assigned to preside over his trial in Washington, D.C., on multiple counts of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Chutkan has previously tangled in court with Trump over events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. In a procedural case, Chutkan ruled favorably on a request by the House Jan. 6 Select Committee to access Trump’s White House records. In her November 2021 ruling she wrote: “Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President.”
Judge Upadhyaya said the most important condition of release is not committing any new crimes while on release, which could lead to him being detained and could add to the sentence he may eventually face. She told Trump that it is a crime to "influence a juror or try to threaten or bribe a witness or retaliate against anyone" connected to the case. Trump said he understands.