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Justice Department moves to defend Trump in rape accuser’s defamation suit

By September 9, 2020April 2nd, 2024No Comments

In an unprecedented move, the Justice Department is intervening to take over President Trump’s defense in a defamation lawsuit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, who has accused him of rape. The president denies wrongdoing. Kim Wehle, a former assistant U.S. attorney and law professor at the University of Baltimore, spoke to CBSN’s Tanya Rivero about the concerns raised by the government taking over the president’s defense on a personal lawsuit.