Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.
SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:
Appellant challenges his conviction for criminal contempt under 18 U.S.C. § 401(1) (1988), claiming that his threatening gesture directed at a testifying witness in a drug conspiracy trial and the subsequent disruption of the trial proceedings did not constitute an "obstruction of the administration of justice." We affirm.
I.
On October 22, 1992, appellant...
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