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Saturday, June 21, 2025

An appeals court on Wednesday ruled against the Justice Department's attempt to replace President Donald Trump as the defendant in a multimillion-dollar defamation case.

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A three-judge panel on Wednesday flatly denied President Donald Trump's attempt to substitute the DOJ for himself in his ongoing quest to undo the $83 million defamation judgment which fell in E. Jean Carroll's favor. lawandcrime.com/high-profile ...

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-- Lauren Ashley Davis (@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social) Jun 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM

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... Trump is fighting a 2023 defamation judgment ordering him to pay $83.3 million to writer E. Jean Carroll for denying that he sexually assaulted her at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s.

Though the president denies the assault, he was found liable for sexual abuse and then for defaming her by denying the assault after she made it public.

The Department of Justice had asked the court for permission to substitute itself as the defendant in the appeal under the Westfall Act, a mechanism that allows the United States to defend claims against federal officers and employees when the alleged offense occurred within the scope of their duties. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-19 09:05 PM | Reply

That case has nothing to do with his duties because he had no duties at the time of the offense.

#2 | Posted by danni at 2025-06-22 05:45 AM | Reply

Does it matter?

He will never pay that woman a dime.

He will pay his lawyers millions of dollars first before she ever sees a dime from him.

#3 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-06-23 11:08 AM | Reply

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