Donald Trump, who is running for president, faces a civil trial in 2024 over statements he made about E. Jean Carroll after she said he raped her.
, which is all part of the political Witch Hunt, lawyered up by apolitical operative who I just beat in another case, financed by a big political funder, and 'judged' by a Clinton appointee who truly hates 'TRUMP,'" he wrote on his social media site.The DOJ's move Tuesday was the latest in a series of bad news for Trump in connection with Carroll, who has two civil suits against him in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
The first suit, which relates to statements Trump made about Carroll in 2019, when he was still president, is set to begin trial in January. If the DOJ's effort had succeeded, it would have effectively killed Carroll's first lawsuit, because the federal government can shield itself from civil claims under the doctrine of sovereign immunity.
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