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  Justice Dept. Blocked in Bid to Shield Trump From Rape Defamation Suit

  

  nytimes.com

  The Justice Department tried to intervene to represent President Trump against the lawsuit by the writer E. Jean Carroll, who claims he lied when he denied raping her.

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  Column: Trump stands accused of defamation. An obscure law may let him skate

  

  latimes.com

  The Justice Department claims that when the president calls his accuser a liar, it's official business.

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  Justice Dept. Says Trump’s Denial of Rape Accusation Was an Official Act

  

  nytimes.com

  The writer E. Jean Carroll sued the president for defamation after he denied sexually assaulting her...

  The writer E. Jean Carroll sued the president for defamation after he denied sexually assaulting her in the 1990s. Now the government wants to defend him.

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  Heffernan: William Barr is trying to make Trump's misogyny officially 'presidential'

  

  latimes.com

  E. Jean Carroll's defamation suit against the president has been bigfooted by the Justice Department, making...

  E. Jean Carroll's defamation suit against the president has been bigfooted by the Justice Department, making the U.S., not Trump, the defendant.

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