Did judge caldwell issue warrants regarded witness tampering

1. The central confusion: “Caldwell” appears as defendant, not as issuing judge

Multiple documents in the search results identify Thomas Caldwell as a defendant charged with obstruction and tampering in the Jan. 6 prosecutions, and Joseph Alan Hoadley as a defendant in a separate Caldwell, Idaho, matter involving witness‑tampering counts — but none of those accounts show a judge named Caldwell authorizing warrants for witness tampering; instead they describe indictments, superseding indictments, and court rulings involving other judges and prosecutors ^{[1] [2] [4]}. The Jan. 6 files describe a superseding indictment adding an obstruction/tampering charge and detention proceedings, but they attribute the arrest affidavit and grand‑jury charging decisions to law enforcement and prosecutors, not to a Judge Caldwell signing a warrant ^[2].

2. The Jan. 6 Caldwell: charges and judicial rulings, not warrant‑signing by “Judge Caldwell”

Coverage of Thomas Caldwell makes clear he was charged with obstruction and tampering and that a federal judge — Amit Mehta in the cited reporting — rejected defense motions and upheld convictions; the articles recount judicial rulings and sentencing actions but do not say a Judge Caldwell issued warrants regarding witness tampering ^{[1] [5]}. Court filings in the Caldwell prosecution note the grand jury returned a superseding indictment adding the tampering charge and that detention and charging decisions flowed from prosecutors and the grand jury; those filings identify evidence sources and detention rulings, again without indicating that a judge named Caldwell issued an arrest warrant for witness tampering ^[2].

3. Historical and local “Caldwell” references that can be misleading

The search results include a 1911 New York Times item in which a “Judge Caldwell” announced he would take a decision under advisement in a grand‑jury‑witness tampering matter, demonstrating there have been judges named Caldwell historically who presided over cases involving witness‑tampering issues — but that century‑old reference is separate from the contemporary Jan. 6 and Caldwell, Idaho cases and does not establish that a modern Judge Caldwell issued warrants in those matters ^[3]. Similarly, listings for Judge Karen K. Caldwell and other federal judges appear in the results but contain no reporting that they personally signed witness‑tampering warrants in the cited material ^{[6] [7]}.

4. Where warrants typically originate in these files — prosecutors and magistrates, not defendant names

The documents show arrest affidavits and charging decisions in the contemporary cases emanated from law enforcement and federal prosecutors and were memorialized by grand‑jury indictments or reviewed by district judges; the Westlaw excerpts and court memoranda explain statutory readings of the tampering statute (18 U.S.C. § 1512) and defense motions but do not show a judicial officer surnamed Caldwell issuing a warrant for tampering ^{[8] [2]}. In the Idaho matter, federal prosecutors and a jury convicted a former Caldwell Police lieutenant of witness tampering and related offenses — again, that record names Caldwell as a place/person tied to the defendant, not as the judge who issued warrants ^{[4] [9]}.

5. Bottom line and reporting limits

Based on the provided reporting, the direct answer is: no — the sources do not show a Judge Caldwell issuing warrants regarding witness tampering; instead they document defendants named Caldwell charged with or convicted of tampering and judicial rulings by other judges or historical references to a Judge Caldwell in 1911 ^{[1] [2] [4] [3]}. If the question targets a different specific “Judge Caldwell” or a particular warrant document not included among these sources, the available reporting does not confirm that and additional primary court records or warrant affidavits would be needed to substantiate any such claim.