- E Jean Carroll says Trump defamed her when he denied rape
- Justice department seeks to substitute itself as defendant
Donald Trump has pushed many boundaries of “presidential behavior”, but there has rarely been any move as audacious as his claim – made through the Department of Justice – that he denied a rape accusation in his official capacity as US president.
The shock argument was made by DoJ lawyers in filings in the case of E Jean Carroll, a writer with the Atlantic. She is suing Trump for defamation after he denied her allegation that he raped her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s.
Continue reading…E Jean Carroll says Trump defamed her when he denied rapeJustice department seeks to substitute itself as defendantDonald Trump has pushed many boundaries of “presidential behavior”, but there has rarely been any move as audacious as his claim – made through the Department of Justice – that he denied a rape accusation in his official capacity as US president.The shock argument was made by DoJ lawyers in filings in the case of E Jean Carroll, a writer with the Atlantic. She is suing Trump for defamation after he denied her allegation that he raped her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s. Continue reading…