Journalist E. Jean Carroll’s attorneys argue that’s both “wrong and dangerous.”
Taxpayers are continuing to fund Donald Trump’s court fight against a woman who accused him of rape — and her attorneys are arguing that the Justice Department’s involvement is both “wrong and dangerous.”
Author and journalist E. Jean Carroll accused Trump in a 2019 book of raping her years earlier in a dressing room in a Manhattan department store. Trump called her a liar, adding: “She’s not my type.” Carroll sued him for defamation.
In a highly controversial move, the DOJ stepped in to defend Trump against the defamation suit, claiming his denunciation of Carroll was part of his official duties. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, however, blocked the move, ruling last year that Trump’s insults had absolutely “no relationship to the official business of the United States.” Continue reading.