The DOJ announced in 2021 that it would continue to represent Donald Trump in his defamation case against journalist E. Jean Carroll. On Tuesday, the Justice Department said it would no longer shield Trump from the costly and contentious legal battle.
When the Department of Justice announced in 2021 that it would continue to represent Donald Trump in his defamation case against journalist E. Jean Carroll, it set up years of discomfort for the federal government in defending a former president accused of rape.
Carroll sued him for defamation, and the lawsuit has been tied up for years, as Trump has hid behind the incredible force of the nation’s Justice Department and asserted that he was deserving of immunity as a government official. While the details of this other defamation case are just as clear and sordid, its fate is mostly determined by this one question: whether Trump is protected by the Westfall Act—a law that says federal employees are entitled to absolute immunity when acting within the scope of their employment.
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