Judge shuts down Trump's lawyer when he tries to complain E. Jean Carroll met with George Conway

Former President Donald Trump's attorney, Joe Tacopina, was swatted down by a New York judge during the civil rape trial brought by advice columnist E. Jean Carroll on Tuesday, after he tried to complain about her ties to a Never Trump conservative, reported Law & Crime's Adam Klasfeld.

Carroll is suing Trump for battery and defamation, alleging pain and suffering after he allegedly raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s, and that Trump ruined her reputation by falsely calling her a hoaxer after she came forward with the allegations.

During the trial, Tacopina called Carroll's account a "sick story," suggested she has a financial motivation to go after the former president to sell books about it, and brought up the fact that she met with George Conway, a conservative lawyer and husband of Trump's former White House adviser, who has repeatedly attacked and criticized Trump.

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Carroll's counsel swiftly objected, and the judge sustained the objection.

In response to the scene, Conway himself spoke up. "I refuse to be a part of any club or evidentiary record that won’t admit me," he joked on Twitter, adding, "I confess I’ve never been excluded from evidence before. I guess there’s a first time for everything."

This comes as Trump is facing a number of other legal challenges, most notably an indictment in Manhattan for bookkeeping fraud over his alleged $130,000 hush payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.