Former President Donald Trump is due in a New York courtroom next week to attend the defamation trial as part of a lawsuit filed by writer E. Jean Carroll. The plaintiff’s lawyers are now asking the judge overseeing proceedings to set ground rules to prevent the ex-president from turning the trial into a political sideshow. According to The Messenger, Carroll’s lead attorney, Roberta Kaplan submitted a four-page filing asking US District Judge Lewis Kaplan (no relation) to impose “consequences” on Trump if he engages in “antics” that could distract the jury and “poison” proceedings. Kaplan eve…