Donald Trump, fresh off his victory in the Iowa caucuses, turned up at federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday for jury selection at writer E. Jean Carroll’s second trial against the former president. The former president, wearing a navy blue suit and a bright red tie, took his seat at the defense table around 9:30 a.m., sitting less than 10 feet behind Carroll and her legal team. He wasn’t in court an hour when more defamatory remarks went up on his Truth Social account about Carroll, claiming she was trying to extort him and had fabricated the assault, among other highly disparaging comments. …
