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Carroll v. Trump, et al.
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October 27, 2020
A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday rejected the U.S. Department of Justice's effort to argue for President Donald Trump in writer E. Jean Carroll's suit claiming he defamed her in denying a rape allegation, finding Trump is not an employee of the federal government under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
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October 21, 2020
A U.S. Department of Justice effort to argue for President Donald Trump in writer E. Jean Carroll's suit claiming he defamed her took an unusual turn Wednesday when a DOJ lawyer was turned away from a Manhattan courthouse because of New York's COVID-19 out-of-state quarantine restrictions.
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October 06, 2020
E. Jean Carroll moved to eject the U.S. Department of Justice late Monday from her defamation case against President Donald Trump, arguing that a lawsuit shield for federal employees doesn't apply and that "slandering women" is not a part of anyone's job description.
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September 09, 2020
The White House requested that the U.S. Department of Justice take over President Donald Trump's defense in a high-profile defamation suit brought by a columnist who says she was raped by him, U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr said Wednesday, adding that intervening in such cases has become "somewhat routine."
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September 08, 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday intervened in a rape accuser's defamation suit against President Donald Trump and said it planned to take over as the defendant in the case, a rare move that opposing counsel slammed as unprecedented, shocking and offensive.