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Re: Limp dick Garland DOJ Reverses Course in Trump Defamation Case
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Harris Slut
Jul 11, 2023, 8:41:48 PM7/11/23
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On 11 Feb 2022, Ubiquitous <webe...@polaris.net> posted some
news:su5tll$16tgr$1...@news.freedyn.de:
> Harris Slut wrote
>
>> Merrick Garland is an oxygen thief. Put him in a box and tape it
>> shut, no more oxygen for this idiot.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has determined that Donald Trump was not
acting within the scope of his position as president when he made
statements included in E. Jean Carroll's second defamation lawsuit,
leaving the former president to defend himself in the case.
Carroll is seeking additional monetary damages from the former president
after a jury ruled in May that Trump was civilly liable on charges related
to sexual assaulting the former magazine columnist in the mid-1990s.
Carroll accused Trump of raping her at a New York City department store
and sued him for defamation after he accused Carroll of lying about the
encounter.
The second defamation suit filed in 2019 focuses on statements Trump made
while still at the White House, giving the former president the potential
of being granted immunity under the Westfall Act. The law grants federal
employees legal immunity from being sued if the employee was acting within
the scope of their office. The DOJ previously asked to represent Trump in
Carroll's lawsuit, stating that the former president was "acting within
the scope of his office as President of the United States."
On Tuesday, however, the DOJ reversed its decision, writing in a court
filing that the department "has determined that it lacks adequate evidence
to conclude" that Trump was motivated by his job to serve as president
when he denied sexually assaulting Carroll.
"Although the statements themselves were made in a work context, the
allegations that prompted the statements related to a purely personal
incident: an alleged sexual assault that occurred decades prior to Mr.
Trump's Presidency," read the letter, which was signed by Principal Deputy
Assistant Attorney General Brian Boynton. "That sexual assault was
obviously not job-related."
The DOJ noted that Trump's denial of Carroll's accusations "continued
after the former President left office," pointing to statements the former
president made during a CNN town hall appearance in May that were added to
the complaint by Carroll last month.
"The later statements are substantially similar to the three June 2019
statements at issue in this action, and because he was no longer the
President when he made the later statements, Mr. Trump could not have been
motivated by any interest in serving the United States Government," the
department wrote.
The Justice Department also pointed to the previous ruling in Carroll's
first civil suit that found Trump liable of sexual assault as supporting
proof that the former president "was motivated by a 'personal grievance'
stemming from events that occurred many years prior" to his presidency.
Newsweek reached out to Trump's press team via email Monday evening for
comment.
Carroll was previously awarded $5 million in damages after her court win
in May, but is now seeking an additional $10 million from Trump. The
former president, however, has maintained even after a jury found him
liable of abusing Carroll that he has "never met" her and that the
accusations are lies.
During his controversial appearance on CNN's town hall event earlier this
year, which occurred the night after the verdict was reached in Carroll's
first lawsuit, Trump referred to the rape accusations as "hanky panky" and
cracked jokes that were met by applause and laughter from the pro-Trump
crowd in attendance.
"What kind of a woman meets somebody, and brings them up, and within
minutes you're playing hanky panky in a dressing room," Trump said during
the town hall.
Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, previously said that she was "a little
stunned" by the statements Trump made during the live event but added that
it was likely not "the wisest thing for him to do."
https://www.newsweek.com/doj-reverses-course-trump-defamation-case-1812342
news:su5tll$16tgr$1...@news.freedyn.de:
> Harris Slut wrote
>
>> Merrick Garland is an oxygen thief. Put him in a box and tape it
>> shut, no more oxygen for this idiot.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has determined that Donald Trump was not
acting within the scope of his position as president when he made
statements included in E. Jean Carroll's second defamation lawsuit,
leaving the former president to defend himself in the case.
Carroll is seeking additional monetary damages from the former president
after a jury ruled in May that Trump was civilly liable on charges related
to sexual assaulting the former magazine columnist in the mid-1990s.
Carroll accused Trump of raping her at a New York City department store
and sued him for defamation after he accused Carroll of lying about the
encounter.
The second defamation suit filed in 2019 focuses on statements Trump made
while still at the White House, giving the former president the potential
of being granted immunity under the Westfall Act. The law grants federal
employees legal immunity from being sued if the employee was acting within
the scope of their office. The DOJ previously asked to represent Trump in
Carroll's lawsuit, stating that the former president was "acting within
the scope of his office as President of the United States."
On Tuesday, however, the DOJ reversed its decision, writing in a court
filing that the department "has determined that it lacks adequate evidence
to conclude" that Trump was motivated by his job to serve as president
when he denied sexually assaulting Carroll.
"Although the statements themselves were made in a work context, the
allegations that prompted the statements related to a purely personal
incident: an alleged sexual assault that occurred decades prior to Mr.
Trump's Presidency," read the letter, which was signed by Principal Deputy
Assistant Attorney General Brian Boynton. "That sexual assault was
obviously not job-related."
The DOJ noted that Trump's denial of Carroll's accusations "continued
after the former President left office," pointing to statements the former
president made during a CNN town hall appearance in May that were added to
the complaint by Carroll last month.
"The later statements are substantially similar to the three June 2019
statements at issue in this action, and because he was no longer the
President when he made the later statements, Mr. Trump could not have been
motivated by any interest in serving the United States Government," the
department wrote.
The Justice Department also pointed to the previous ruling in Carroll's
first civil suit that found Trump liable of sexual assault as supporting
proof that the former president "was motivated by a 'personal grievance'
stemming from events that occurred many years prior" to his presidency.
Newsweek reached out to Trump's press team via email Monday evening for
comment.
Carroll was previously awarded $5 million in damages after her court win
in May, but is now seeking an additional $10 million from Trump. The
former president, however, has maintained even after a jury found him
liable of abusing Carroll that he has "never met" her and that the
accusations are lies.
During his controversial appearance on CNN's town hall event earlier this
year, which occurred the night after the verdict was reached in Carroll's
first lawsuit, Trump referred to the rape accusations as "hanky panky" and
cracked jokes that were met by applause and laughter from the pro-Trump
crowd in attendance.
"What kind of a woman meets somebody, and brings them up, and within
minutes you're playing hanky panky in a dressing room," Trump said during
the town hall.
Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, previously said that she was "a little
stunned" by the statements Trump made during the live event but added that
it was likely not "the wisest thing for him to do."
https://www.newsweek.com/doj-reverses-course-trump-defamation-case-1812342
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