Breaking: Justice Dept. Intervenes to Help Trump in E. Jean Carroll Rape Lawsuit

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By Alan Feuer
Sept. 8, 2020, 7:11 p.m. ET

In a highly unusual legal maneuver, the Department of Justice moved on Tuesday to replace President Trump’s private lawyers and defend him against a defamation lawsuit brought in state court by the author E. Jean Carroll, who has accused him of raping her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s.

Lawyers for the Justice Department said in court papers that Mr. Trump was acting in his official capacity as president when he denied ever knowing Ms. Carroll.

Citing a law called the Federal Tort Claims Act, the lawyers asserted the right to take the case from Mr. Trump’s private lawyers and move the matter from state court to federal court. The tort claims act gives employees of the federal government immunity from lawsuits, though legal experts say that it has rarely, if ever, been used to protect a president.

Ms. Carroll’s lawyer said in a statement issued Tuesday evening that the move by the Justice Department to intervene in the case was a “shocking” attempt to bring the power of the United States government to bear on a private legal matter.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/nyregion/donald-trump-jean-carroll-lawsuit-rape.html

Because the Attorney General functions as the President's personal lawyer, right?

[The Magistrate]

1. An Extremely Desperate Stall, Sir

The judge will not allow this, and the ruling is something else that can be appealed. That is another delay....

[underpants]

8. Still his Personal lawyer

Thanks for the explanation

[H2O Man]

9. Right.

[StClone]

2. Barr was put on notice Trump is out of Money and Tax Payers

Will foot the bill on another crime defense as his private lawyers bow out unpaid.

[onetexan]

12. Bingo!

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Can Carroll's attorneys object to change of counsel, esp. in this situation?

Would the judge grant that Motion?

[edhopper]

19. Yes

and yes.
This tactic is doomed.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Did Clinton pay for his own lawyer fees against Paula Jones?

[Cosmo Blues]

10. Yes

He did start a Clinton defense fund. Conservatives sued him over everything, I'm glad they're rich now

[dalton99a]

5. William Barr, United States Attorney General

[EndlessWire]

14. OMG!! n/t

[GeorgiaPeanut]

6. So now we are all paying for Trump's malfeasance

The campaign must be really really low on cash.

[C_U_L8R]

7. And moved it to a venue where they likely own the judges.

This stinks of corruption.

[dlk]

11. The Justice Department won't go with Trump when he leaves office

He’s griifting all he can, while he can, with taxpayer money while children are starving. Thank you GOP. Btw, this wasn’t within the scope of Trump’s employment. The rape was prior to his presidency. DOJ is reaching here.

[2naSalit]

13. I hope someone who can...

Will file a legal complaint against Barr.

[EndlessWire]

15. Why can't he be impeached? n/t

[2naSalit]

16. Republican run Senate.

They are the ones who would conduct such a procedure.

[Cosmo Blues]

20. Yes

He can be impeached but it must be initiated in the House , impeachment is decided in the Senate

[uponit7771]

17. Barr is shitting on the DOJ, and the employee's who are taking on this case are wiping his butt

[lindysalsagal]

18. If the judges allow this, democracy is over.

[JI7]

21. This is Trump Admitting Guilt

[fromVT]

22. I'm so old, I remember when Bill Clinton...

... used the DOJ to defend him in the Paula Jones matter.

Oh wait, that never happened. And if it had, the outrage machine would have been cranked to 200%.

[ScratchCat]

23. I remember this happening BEFORE the 2016 election, right?

Where do they get that he was "acting in his official capacity as President" when he denied knowing her?

Its not going to be granted, anyway.

I really don't understand this case. Multiple courts have already ruled Trump must sit for a deposition while President, but for some reason, he still hasn't. I'm really confused and I don't think Ms. Carroll has the best representation personally.