Justice Department seeks get-out-of-lawsuit-free card for Trump after his private lawyers failed
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Donald Trump’s use of the Justice Department as his personal lawyer—and Attorney General William Barr’s enthusiastic participation—has the department claiming in court that Trump denied having raped E. Jean Carroll as part of his official duties.Justice Department seeks get-out-of-lawsuit-free card for Trump after his private lawyers failed
Donald Trump’s use of the Justice Department as his personal lawyer—and Attorney General William Barr’s enthusiastic participation—has the department claiming in court that Trump denied having raped E. Jean Carroll as part of his official duties. Federal employees are immune from defamation claims over things said and done while performing their jobs, so if Trump’s denial of a rape that happened in the 1990s was an official act, then he’s immune and the lawsuit is effectively dismissed. According to Justice Department lawyers, Trump’s denial of Carroll’s allegations—and, apparently, his accompanying sneer that “She’s not my type”—“addressed matters relating to his fitness for office as part of an official White House response to press inquiries.” Read more