An appeals court peppered DOJ attorneys Friday with questions over whether it's appropriate for the DOJ to defend Donald Trump against E. Jean Carroll's defamation suit.
The president denied writer Jean Carroll's claim of assault in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman's and now with government representation, taxpayers will pick up the tab to defend him.
Another member of the three-judge panel, Guido Calabresi, questioned what law determines whether Trump was acting within the scope of his employment.Trump's attorney, Alina Habba, said that Trump was obligated to respond to Carroll's accusation."When somebody says he did a heinous crime 20 years ago, he needs to address it," Habba said.
Carroll's attorney, Joshua Matz, said Trump"acted in pursuit of private motives" and that Carroll should be allowed to hold him personally accountable. "A mere denial is not the same as 'I didn't rape her and she's too unattractive for me to have done it,'" Matz said.
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