DOJ reversal could clear way for Carroll's 1st lawsuit against Trump to proceed
The DOJ says it's no longer claiming that Donald Trump was acting within the scope of his employment as president when he allegedly defamed E. Jean Carroll in 2019. The Justice Department said on Tuesday it was no longer claiming, under the Westfall Act, that former President Donald Trump was acting within the scope of his office and employment as president of the United States when he allegedly defamed the writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019. The development, which could clear the way for Carroll's initial 2019 lawsuit against then-President Trump to proceed , came on the same day that Carroll's attorney argued for the dismissal of a counterclaim Trump filed against Carroll in a separate but related case. A jury in May found Trump liable for sexually assaulting Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s, then defaming her in a 2022 Truth Social post by calling her allegations "a Hoax and a lie." But Carroll's initial defamation lawsuit , filed i...