'Have a seat': Judge shuts down Trump's adviser Boris Epshteyn as he tries to speak

Longtime Donald Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn tried to speak out in the defamation trial brought by author E. Jean Carroll on Tuesday. He was denied.

Politico legal reporter Eric Orden captured the moment on social media, quoting Judge Lewis Kaplan as he asked Epshteyn, "Are you a member of the bar of this court?"

Epshteyn replied, "I'm a member of the New York State Bar."

"Alright, then please have a seat," said the judge.

The MAGA purist Epshteyn has been previously criticized by former Trump attorneys for playing into the former president's worst instincts.

In September, three sources with information about the departure of Trump lawyer Drew Findling's told Rolling Stone that his exit was, in part, about Epshteyn.

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It's the "same kind of power struggles that have long plagued Trump’s legal teams, even (or, especially) during times when Trump is trying his hardest to stay out of prison," the report said.

Former Trump lawyer, Michael Cohen, doesn't think much of Epshteyn either.

"So, good luck because Boris is a moron," he told MSNBC's Katie Phang last July.