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DOJ wants to defend Trump in libel suit

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08 September 2020, 11:20 PM
wtg
DOJ wants to defend Trump in libel suit
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The Department of Justice is seeking to take over President Trump’s defense in a defamation suit brought by advice columnist E. Jean Carroll after Trump accused her of lying when she alleged in 2019 that Trump raped her two decades ago.


https://www.forbes.com/sites/a...n-suit/#462e624e141c


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09 September 2020, 08:43 AM
Piano*Dad
From a WaPo story:

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The department’s filings were signed by Jeffrey Bossert Clark, the acting attorney general in charge of the Civil Division, as well as James G. Touhey Jr., director of the torts branch, and attorney Stephen R. Terrell.


Here are three people whose behavior should be investigated by the next DOJ.
09 September 2020, 10:34 AM
CHAS
quote:
Originally posted by Piano*Dad:
From a WaPo story:

quote:
The department’s filings were signed by Jeffrey Bossert Clark, the acting attorney general in charge of the Civil Division, as well as James G. Touhey Jr., director of the torts branch, and attorney Stephen R. Terrell.


Here are three people whose behavior should be investigated by the next DOJ.


Hopefully the next DOJ will consist of new people approved by Biden.


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09 September 2020, 10:57 AM
Nina
OK legal people, doesn't this mean that the woman is essentially suing the US government over the alleged rape? In other words, we the people are funding Trump's defense?

Outrageous.
09 September 2020, 12:41 PM
pianojuggler
My understanding is that this specific case is not about the rape, but about defamation because I-1 called her "a liar" and she insists she is not a liar.

And I-1 called her a liar while he was president, thus, the argument is, that he was acting in his official government capacity, so it is the government's problem, not his.


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09 September 2020, 08:33 PM
wtg
It's a win-win for Trump. And once again taxpayers are screwed.

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The White House requested that the U.S. Justice Department launch a last-minute, controversial effort to intervene in a lawsuit in which President Donald Trump is accused of defaming E. Jean Carroll, a writer who says Trump raped her years ago, Attorney General William Barr revealed Wednesday.

Barr also said that American taxpayers — and not Trump personally — will be responsible for any monetary damages awarded Carroll, if she proves her claims against the president, and if a judge agrees to allow the Department of Justice to handle the case.

Barr defended the DOJ’s intervention in the case as proper and warranted by both the law and recent practice by other administrations.


https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/0...an-carroll-case.html


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09 September 2020, 10:25 PM
pianojuggler
If you ever thought Alberto Gonzales was a worm...


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