What is wrong with the DOJ? Why are they taking over the defense of trump against Jean Carroll?

[JohnSJ]

“ According to BuzzFeed News, the Department of Justice is continuing the efforts to take over the legal defense of former President Donald Trump in a defamation case from advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who has alleged the former president raped her in a department store in the 1990s.

Last year, a federal judge ruled the DOJ could not take over Trump's defense; however, the litigation over the matter is ongoing.”



https://www.rawstory.com/e-jean-carroll/

Aren’t there more important things for the DOJ to deal with then this?

Are there trumpets in the DOJ who haven’t been cleaned out?

[RockRaven]

1. The DOJ is full of institutionalists who prioritize the authority and privileges of the DOJ and

Executive Branch above other considerations.

This is an example of defending A) the liberty of a POTUS to defame someone without personal consequence -- an immune to everything god-king executive, oh they like that -- and B) a prior DOJ action -- which a few of them were a part of, and many others anticipate being second-guessed at some point in the future and want the institution to back them to the hilt when it is their turn.

Self-interested bureaucrats FILL institutions like the DOJ. Imagine a building full of hundreds of Rod Rosensteins, all of whom self-righteously claim the mantle of decades-long non-partisan career civil servant when their judgement or priorities are questioned. That's the upper ranks of the DOJ beyond Biden's Senate-confirmed appointees.

[JohnSJ]

2. Regardless, Garland is the AG, and bears the responsibility. Because of this there is going to be a

lot of push back by Democrats, and right or wrong this will divide Democrats