US President’s Are NO immune from Civil judgements….
Ask Bill Clinton…..
A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday refused the Justice Department’s effort to put itself on the hookfor an $83.3 million defamation award advice columnist E. Jean Carroll won at trial from President Trump.
It’s the latest setback for the president in his efforts to fight Carroll’s lawsuits at the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Last week, the 2nd Circuit upheld her earlier $5 million jury award.
On Wednesday, the three-judge panel denied the Justice Department’s request to replace Trump as the defendant in Carroll’s defamation lawsuit under the Westfall Act, a 1988 law that protects federal employees from certain lawsuits concerning things they did in the course of their jobs.
The Justice Department contended Trump’s denials of Carroll’s sexual assault claims in a written statement and comments he made on the White House South Lawn in 2019 — the basis of her suit — were made within the scope of Trump’s employment as president.
“The Court will issue an opinion detailing its reasoning in due course,” reads the 2nd Circuit’s one-page orderrejecting the effort without further explanation….
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Wednesday’s ruling is the latest setback for the president at the 2nd Circuit, where he has appealed both jury awards Carroll won after coming forward during Trump’s presidency with claims he sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. Trump continues to deny her story.
In the first trial, a jury found Trump liable for sexually assaulting Carroll and defaming her by denying her claims. Trump was ordered to pay $5 million.
The full 2nd Circuit bench rejected Trump’s appeal on Friday. The president’s legal team has vowed to take the case to the Supreme Court next….
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