So he doesn’t get the benefit of a federal law that protects government workers from being sued, the Justice Department said.
. It would be the second time Trump has faced Carroll in court in less than a year.
The lawsuit over the 2019 comments raised special legal issues because, typically, if a federal employee is sued over conduct connected to their official duties, the Justice Department can invoke a federal law and step into the role of the defendant, essentially immunizing the employee from personal liability. Had the Justice Department replaced Trump as the defendant in the second Carroll case, it would have ended the lawsuit, because the government itself cannot be sued for defamation.
“Although the statements themselves were made in a work context, the allegations that prompted the statements related to a purely personal incident: an alleged sexual assault that occurred decades prior to Mr. Trump’s Presidency,” Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian Boynton wrote.The Justice Department also noted the outcome of the jury trial earlier this year, saying the result “supports an inference that Mr.
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