The judge in Trump's E. Jean Carroll trial actually showed restraint when bench-slapping his attorney, former judge says

• The judge in Trump's second E. Jean Carroll defamation trial has repeatedly bench-slapped his lawyer.
• Alina Habba made several simple lawyering mistakes, disrupting the proceedings. 
• The judge actually showed restraint handling Habba, one former judge said.

Former President Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba has been causing quite a ruckus in his second defamation trial against E. Jean Carroll — making so many simple mistakes in the courtroom that the presiding judge bench-slapped her 14 times in one day of testimony last week.

And the judge actually showed restraint in his repeated scolding of Habba, a former federal judge told Business Insider.