Trump seeks to halt rape accuser's lawsuit amid DOJ appeal

[sabra]

Source: The Hill


President Trump's lawyers asked a court Thursday to pause a lawsuit from a woman who accused him of rape while they appeal a judge's order prohibiting the Department of Justice from representing the president in the case.

Judge Lewis Kaplan, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, ruled in October that the allegations against Trump in the defamation suit have nothing to do with the president's official conduct and that the case could proceed against him in his personal capacity.

E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine columnist, published her account last year of Trump sexually assaulting her in a New York City department store in the 1990s. After Trump publicly denied the allegation and accused her of being a liar, she filed a defamation suit against him.

In a court filing submitted late Thursday, Trump's lawyers argued that the proceedings at the district court should be put on hold while they ask an appeals court to decide whether the Justice Department can represent the president. Both Trump's personal lawyers and the DOJ have appealed Kaplan's order.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/529805-trump-seeks-to-halt-rape-accusers-lawsuit-amid-doj-appeal

[NoRoadUntravelled]

1. He still believes DOJ is his personal law firm?

[Mike 03]

2. The DOJ had no business defending this case in the first place.

This looks so bad.

It's a righteous lawsuit; it must go forward.

[bluestarone]

3. He can go to HELL

He should LOSE this!

[ToxMarz]

4. This won't be finished by the time he leaves office

So the DOJ would remain his "personal attorney" even after he leaves office? At our expense?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. It'll be moot soon anyhow come Jan. 20

[iluvtennis]

6. "the allegations against Trump in the defamation suit have nothing to do with the president's...

official conduct and that the case could proceed".

Nothing has changed since the judge ruled on this back in October. This lawsuit should proceed.

BTW, this fk'er will be out of office in 6 weeks anyway - so this appeal is nonsense.

[ck4829]

7. K&R