Garland Defends Decision to Represent Trump in Defamation Case
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Attorney General Merrick Garland defended controversial positions the Justice Department has taken under his leadership, including a move to represent former President Donald Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who accused him of raping her.
In a surprising move this week, Garland’s department told a federal appeals court in New York it wants to take over Trump’s defense in the lawsuit filed by New York advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who sued Trump for calling her a liar in 2019 after she accused him of raping her in the 1990s.