
The Department of Justice said Tuesday that it would no longer defend former President Donald Trump in the contentious sexual battery and defamation lawsuit writer E. Jean Carroll filed against him.
According to the Daily Beast, Justice Department attorneys notified a New York City federal judge that they would not affirm that "Donald J. Trump was acting within the scope of his office and employment as President of the United States" when he denied, in 2019, ever raping Carroll and said the columnist wasn't his "type."