Federal judge smacks down Bill Barr’s attempt to have DOJ defend Trump in rape defamation case

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A federal judge has denied Attorney General Bill Barr’s motion to have the Department of Justice represent President Donald Trump in a defamation case brought by journalist E. Jean Carroll, who says Trump raped her.

“Lewis A. Kaplan of Federal District Court in Manhattan, rejected the Justice Department’s attempt to step into the case and defend the president, and his ruling means that, for the moment, a lawsuit by the writer E. Jean Carroll can move forward against Mr. Trump, in his capacity as a private citizen,” The New York Times reports.

Barr claims Trump was acting within the scope of his duties when he allegedly defamed Carroll. Today the judge disagreed.

"Even if he were such an 'employee,' President Trump's allegedly defamatory statements concerning Ms. Carroll would not have been within the scope of his employment."
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/federa ... tion-case/

Of Course this will be appealed probably all the way to the Supreme Court. No way the courts can Barr the DOJ from defending the Orange slug.
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