Trump in court
Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom as he awaits the start of the second day of his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court.
  • Trump's hush-money judge warned against the ex-president intimidating potential jurors in his trial.
  • Trump was "muttering" and "audible" while one juror was being questioned, the judge said.
  • "I will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom," the judge said.

The judge presiding over Donald Trump's criminal hush-money trial angrily chastised the former president on Tuesday afternoon, telling his lawyer to keep him quiet during the jury selection and warning against intimidating potential jurors.

"He was gesturing and muttering something. He was audible. He was speaking in the direction of the juror. I will not tolerate that," New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan told Trump's lawyer, Todd Blanche, raising his voice.