AG Barr Defends DOJ Intervention Into E. Jean Carroll Suit Against Trump

AG Barr Defends DOJ Intervention Into E. Jean Carroll Suit Against Trump
Attorney General William Barr speaks during in a roundtable with law enforcement officials in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on June, 8, 2020. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images
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Attorney General William Barr has defended the Justice Department’s (DOJ) request to take over President Donald Trump’s defense in a defamation lawsuit brought by rape accuser and columnist E. Jean Carroll.

In a court filing on Tuesday, the DOJ requested the court represent Trump in the lawsuit brought by Carroll, who alleged Trump had sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s in an upmarket New York City retail store.