Posted on 06/07/2021 7:19:18 PM PDT by Magnatron
The Justice Department argued in a brief filed Monday that it should be permitted to substitute itself for former President Donald Trump as defendant in a defamation lawsuit brought by a longtime magazine columnist, E. Jean Carroll, who accused him of rape, continuing the argument it had initiated under the previous administration even as the White House has changed hands.
"Then-President Trump's response to Ms. Carroll's serious allegations of sexual assault included statements that questioned her credibility in terms that were crude and disrespectful," Justice Department lawyers wrote in a brief to the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals. "But this case does not concern whether Mr. Trump's response was appropriate. Nor does it turn on the truthfulness of Ms. Carroll's allegations."
Rather, the lawyers wrote, because they believe Trump was an employee of the government and that he acted "within the scope of employment," the department, rather than Trump personally, should serve as defendant in the case.
"Speaking to the public and the press on matters of public concern is undoubtedly part of an elected official's job," they wrote. "Courts have thus consistently and repeatedly held that allegedly defamatory statements made in that context are within the scope of elected officials' employment -- including when the statements were prompted by press inquiries about the official's private life."
In October, a district judge rejected the Justice Department's attempt to replace Trump in the lawsuit. If the department had been allowed to intervene in the case, that likely would have led to its dismissal, because the government cannot be sued for defamation.
Carroll's lawsuit alleges that Trump defamed her when he denied raping her, said she wasn't his type and claimed she had made the allegation to boost sales of her new book.
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Good point....voter fraud will be off the charts,particularly where Rats call the shots.
yeah... NO!!!
This is the garbage DOJ lawyers spend all day on instead of hunting Chicom spies, etc.
The DOJ’s argument concerns Trump’s qualified immunity, as he was acting in his public capacity. If the DOJ is allowed to intervene, Trump is not personally liable, at least that’s my take on it. They may very well reach a nasty settlement which attempts to paint Trump in as negative light as possible, but without personal liability. At least that’s my take on these pleadings.
“He could not “win” when he was the incumbent. How much harder to win when the cheaters are in office already?”
Why? Because no one ever suspected the Dems and the RINO’s would ever dare to steal an election in such a blatant and sloppy manner.
This was not on anyone’s radar. Such a thing had never been done on a national scale in the history of this country. That bridge has been crossed. It is now on the radar screen in 4K resolution. To do it again is a hurdle too high. President Trump and his team have 4 years to prepare themselves. The audits continue to reveal levels of foul play on a massive scale.
I am not one who has confidence in an overturning of this last election but, now that the fraud perpetrated is being revealed more and more as the weeks go by, pulling it off a second time is highly unlikely.
That was the DC Establishments Nuclear Option. It removed President Trump from office via massive fraud but, it didn’t kill him. This fact is DC’s biggest failure and their biggest problem. Trump does not cower in the face of terrible odds. Hs history is he thrives in those environments. His life is a testament to this.
“When the day comes that every news report starts with “and today President Trump was indicted for child molestation in 1966” they will cause the less than dedicated voters to go off of him. Just remember that not *everyone* who voted for him in ‘16...or ‘20...has an IQ of 100 (or higher).”
You sir need a serious intervention. They have thrown everything and the kitchen sink at the man. For 6 years and counting. They haven’t affected his popularity at all. Every single poll shows when he runs again he is the front runner. The Russian Spy didn’t work. The Urinating in Obama and Michelle’s hotel bed didn’t work. Only massive voter fraud by the Dems and RINOs removed him from office.
But, that was their Nuclear Option. No one ever suspected they would go to that low bar. Well, the Trump Team is not stupid. That was a Lesson Learned. Accomplishing that level of fraud is easy when none even contemplates the possibility. Far far more difficult once it’s on the radar in 4K resolution.
Rat Party Headquarters has been playing softball with Trump until now. Just wait for Act II.
“The bank fraud/insurance fraud indictment will soon be coming from New York. And the Soros prosecutor in Atlanta will likely be announcing an indictment. And then every other Soros prosecutor from coast to coast will weigh in.”
They have attacked him, his company, and his finances from the second he came down the escalator. If I recall correctly he became the 45th President of the United States of America.
But, I understand. You live in The Peoples Republic of Massachusetts. Your perspective is jaded because of this. My sister and her family live there also. You sound like their pet parrot. I hear the same stuff from her and her husband all the time.
“What are you talking about? We all knew months in advance that they were sending out unrequested ballots by the tens of millions, we all knew they were not checking signatures and we all saw when they threw out the republican observers and shut all the machine reporting down. You didn’t need radar, it was flat out in your face.”
That is correct. But, no one ever suspected the sheer volume of fraud. The sheer audacity of the fraud. Nothing even close had ever been attempted in the history of this country.
No one suspected that state Republicans would be complicit. No one ever imagined that numerous states would literally shut down their state’s vote count where Trump lead by large numbers and then hours later come back online with the MIRACLE of a Dementia Joe win.
Is this the old woman who (even when young wasn’t terribly attractive) claims that a billionaire - who could afford to court any number of voluptuous young women - assaulted her in a department store-dressing room?
LMAO.
You can always tell when the Dems are at their wits’ ends. They always go for the sex and sleaze.
It’s been their go-to with high-profile Black men. Now they use it everywhere, because they think all of us are as lascivious as they are.
Totalitarianism in all forms is Evil!
Progressive #Progressive_Caucus
Socialist #Venezuela
Marxist #BLM
Fascist #Nazi's (Erdogan’s Turkey)
Communist #Antifa
Dictator #ComDem_Covid19_Dictators
Islamist #ISIS
Bureaucrap #the_Swamp
All Evil. All Fail.
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Restore the Constitution!Size DC!
Actually, if constitutionally lawful justice and defense are denied America’s “Chief Executive Officer”, the Executive Branch is formally gone.
Can you imagine having some partisan govt. bureaucrats defending you against such allegations before a court of law?
"Your Honor, the Defense will endeavor to show that, while Mr. Trump is a rude, foul-mouthed, coarse, ignorant..."
Regards,
We know we know he’s going to be indicted, sued, defamed…that’s just his Wednesday mornings but like all things he’ll somehow survive
Add to that she literally has no case come on he assaulted her in the middle of a day…in a department store…in New York City…and it’s Donald Trump that somehow no one remembers being there at the time… the girl is certifiably insane
“come on he assaulted her in the middle of a day…in a department store…in New York City…and it’s Donald Trump that somehow no one remembers being there at the time… the girl is certifiably insane”
Agree 100%. Yet, we have supposedly “Conservative” Freepers who have their panties in a twist insisting that the Dems will sink Donald Trump in 2024 with lawsuits and allegations that he cannot possibly counter and that he has no chance for election in 2024.
The Vast Majority of these Freepers are from the Hard Blue States. They are suffocated 24/7 with MSM Propaganda and they have succumbed to that propaganda.
I have received such negativity from those Freepers from those Dem States on a regular basis.
It’s simply pathetic. My interaction with them is so revealing. They claim to be Conservative yet, they allow themselves to be taken in by the MSM Hook, Line, and Sinker.
They tell me President Trump is damaged goods. He doesn’t have a chance in 2024. We must find a MAGA Alternative!!!
These are ostensibly well-informed people. Ostensibly Conservative.
But, they are from the Northeast. Or, upper mid-west. They appear to be doom and gloom types. Woe is me! All is lost!! Abandon all hope!!
If the Northeast and upper mid-west are populated by “Conservatives” like this those areas are so very screwed.
They are doomed to defeat before they even engage. Attitude is EVERYTHING!!!
The DOJ is no more. It has formally changed its name to the Department of Get Donald Trump.
If she sold even one extra copy, he would be proven correct. Why put something like that in a book if not to sell copies?
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