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In reply to the discussion: To everyone with their shorts in a bunch over DOJ's argument in the Trump in rape case [View all]StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)22. However, he has not been found to have engaged in slander
The issue is whether DOJ should be able to defend a president in a lawsuit brought based on something he did while in office. They're not arguing that he's immune from suit. The only issue is who represents him in court.
If Giuliani filed suit against Joe Biden tomorrow alleging that something he said in press conference last March slandered him, DOJ would probably want the option to defend him. And I doubt too many DUers would be demanding that they stay out of it and that Biden should hire private lawyers to represent him.
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To everyone with their shorts in a bunch over DOJ's argument in the Trump in rape case [View all]
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
OP
I'm not praising More. But I agree with the sentiment expressed in this filmclip
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#15
But they are not defending the substance of Trump's defense; merely the principle
Ocelot II
Jun 2021
#13
Unfortunately, this is a fine but critical legal point that most laypeople don't understand
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#17
The DOJ should persist in an unusually corrupt action because of a superficial similarity to
RockRaven
Jun 2021
#14
Attorney General Garland, Lisa Monaco and Vanita Gupta have a far better understanding
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#19
Considering that your OP contains errors of fact and law that a non-non-lawyer would not make,
RockRaven
Jun 2021
#30
Trump is still the defendant in this case and is therefore still subject to personal liability,
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#35
Here is a thread with an article which clearly states the DOJ argument is otherwise.
RockRaven
Jun 2021
#58
No. The lawsuits against him were based on alleged behavior before he became president
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#36
The truth or falsity of the facts related to the underlying facts happened before 1/20/2017
MerryHolidays
Jun 2021
#38
So your "fine distinction" covers things that had nothing to do with being President?
MerryHolidays
Jun 2021
#46
Clinton was not sued for anything he did while president, so the Westfall Act did not apply.
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#47
Who's to decide if Putin's Whore's slander "was acting within the scope of [their] office"?
uponit7771
Jun 2021
#55