US urges immunity from rape accuser's lawsuit

[struggle4progress]

By Jonathan Stempel
JANUARY 15, 20216:10 PMUPDATED 15 HOURS AGO

The U.S. government on Friday said President Donald Trump should not be forced to defend against a defamation lawsuit by the author E. Jean Carroll, who accused him of raping her a quarter-century ago, and that it should be substituted as the defendant.

In a filing with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, the Department of Justice said Trump qualified as a typical “employee of the government” entitled to immunity under federal law from Carroll’s claims, and was also shielded because he spoke about her in his capacity as president.

The law “provides a broad grant of immunity” to Trump, the Justice Department said, echoing arguments the president has made in other litigation.

Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, sued Trump in November 2019 after he denied having raped her in a Manhattan department store in mid-1990s ...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-defamation-lawsuit/us-urges-immunity-for-trump-from-rape-accusers-lawsuit-idUSKBN29K2QY

[bullimiami]

1. are they stupid? the court already told them to go away. this is even more foolish.

[soothsayer]

4. Another Hail Mary

[servermsh]

2. They are desperate. The DOJ will soon change its opinion. LOL n/t

[Mc Mike]

3. Yes, baron golfin von fatfuk libelled Ms. Carroll pursuant to performing his duties as prez.

It's blatantly obvious, to even the most unintelligent of repug.

[Deacon Blue]

5. Piss-poor Legal Position

...but he loves to twist the law with pretzel 🥨 logic. And yes, this feckless argument has already been slapped down in the trial court. This an interlocutory appeal, I suppose, and the government may have been up against a deadline. Somehow I think Garland’s DOJ will not be interested in advancing this frivolity...