BREAKING: In a reversal, the DOJ said Donald Trump isn't shielded from liability in an E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit.
After the jury found Trump liable in April, Carroll amended the suit, adding new defamation claims related to more recent statements made by Trump, and he filed a countersuit.
The Justice Department had initially argued that even though"the former president made crude and offensive comments in response to the very serious accusations of sexual assault" the law protecting employees like the president from such a lawsuit should be upheld. But the Justice Department reviewed that decision after the jury in Carroll's second lawsuit in New York found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation, Boynton wrote. It concluded that Trump had not acted"out of a desire to serve the government" when he denied her claims.
Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan expressed gratitude for the department's reversal and said in a statement,"We have always believed that Donald Trump made his defamatory statements about our client in June 2019 out of personal animus, ill will, and spite, and not as President of the United States."An attorney for Trump did not immediately return a request for comment.
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