Using tortured logic to enlist the DOJ to represent him in a civil lawsuit... Good lord...
The U.S. Justice Department is seeking to take over the defense of President Donald Trump in a defamation suit brought by advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who claims Trump raped her two decades ago.
In a court filing Tuesday, the Justice Department said Trump was acting “within the scope” of his job as president when he said Carroll lied about the incident, prompting her lawsuit. The U.S. also moved the case to Manhattan federal court from a New York state court, where a judge last month denied his request to stall the suit.
The move could further delay a suit that was to soon have entered the evidence-gathering phase. Carroll is seeking to take the president’s deposition and force him to provide a DNA sample from a dress she claims she was wearing at the time of the alleged attack. It also comes as the Trump campaign has reportedly been facing a cash crunch due in part to its spending on legal fees in suits against the president.
U.S. Seeks to Provide Trump Defense in E. Jean Carroll Suit
I thought Trump was a billionaire... Why does he need the DOJ to represent him in a civil case?
Has DOJ ever defended a lawsuit? I thought they were more into prosecution........
Why should our court system be overtaxed with frivolous lawsuits by people like this advice columnist who felt the need to get internet famous?
Oh pooh! The SDNY gets to make a spectacle out of how much they hate Trump again. If they really want to hang him that much they need to buy some rope and pay off the Secret Service.
It sure must be tiring having to claim that every single thing reflecting negatively on Trump is a double-secret Obama Deep State Plant witch hunt hoax.
You've got to be sitting there thinking "goddamn, do I really have to say this again? AGAIN? Really, Trump?"
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