The DOJ is looking to intervene in a defamation lawsuit filed by journalist E. Jean Carroll against President Donald Trump over his denial of her rape allegation.
ever meeting her, for allegedly defaming her when he told media outlets she was lying. In a court filing Tuesday, the DOJ argued that Trump was"acting within the scope of his office" at the time. It is moving the court to substitute the United States for Trump as the defendant in the lawsuit.Carroll's lawyer accused the president of enlisting the DOJ as a replacement for his private attorneys."Trump's effort to wield the power of the U.S.
E. Jean Carroll, right, talks to reporters outside a courthouse in New York, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. In November 2019, Carroll sued him for defamation, arguing he damaged her reputation and career -- she lost her job at Elle -- by denying her story and claiming she took money from political opponents to fabricate it.
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