Donald Trump and E. Jean Carroll.
Former President Donald Trump and E. Jean Carroll.
  • The judge in E. Jean Carroll's second trial against Trump is making sure it doesn't get out of hand.
  • He said Trump couldn't talk about the case "within earshot" of jurors.
  • The judge hasn't issued a gag order on Trump — yet.

Before jury selection even got underway Tuesday in E. Jean Carroll's second trial against Donald Trump, the judge put a tight muzzle on the former president.

With both Trump and Carroll present in the lower-Manhattan courtroom, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan issued orders forbidding either side from communicating with jurors "directly or indirectly."