Judge threatens to kick Trump out of courtroom during Carroll defamation hearing

The New York judge presiding over E. Jean Carroll’s defamation damages trial threatened to kick former President Donald Trump out of the courtroom on Wednesday if he continued to make disparaging remarks about Carroll’s testimony loud enough for jurors to hear.

Trump had been speaking loudly and gesturing to his lawyer when Carroll told a nine-person jury how he ruined her reputation and how his supporters threatened her life. Trump could be heard making comments like, “It is a witch hunt” and “It really is a con job,” according to Carroll’s attorney, Shawn Crowley, who raised the problem with the judge.