{"id":1970620,"date":"2023-07-12T10:58:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T14:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-doj-rejecting-claims-of-immunity-in-defamation-case-part-of-political-witch-hunt\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T10:58:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T14:58:40","slug":"trump-says-doj-rejecting-claims-of-immunity-in-defamation-case-part-of-political-witch-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-doj-rejecting-claims-of-immunity-in-defamation-case-part-of-political-witch-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls DOJ&#8217;s rejection of immunity claims in defamation case a &#8216;political witch hunt&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-doj-rejecting-claims-of-immunity-in-defamation-case-part-of-political-witch-hunt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1970620&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former President Donald Trump Slams DOJ&#8217;s Rejection of Presidential Immunity in Defamation Lawsuit<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump has strongly criticized the Department of Justice (DOJ) for rejecting claims of presidential immunity in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-liberty-is-messy-founder-of-true-the-vote-gears-up-for-2024\/\" title=\"Founder of True the Vote prepares for 2024, says liberty is chaotic.\">defamation lawsuit brought<\/a> against him by E. Jean Carroll. The DOJ recently declined to certify that Trump was acting within his role as president when he made the comments that Carroll claims are defamatory.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the DOJ&#8217;s action, Trump accused them of engaging in a larger &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-y-rep-reed-considering-gubernatorial-run-to-challenge-gov-cuomo\/\" title=\"N.Y. Rep. Reed considering gubernatorial run to challenge Gov. Cuomo\">political witch hunt<\/a>.&#8221; He expressed his frustration in a post on Truth Social, stating, &#8220;The DOJ will not defend me in the E. Jean Carroll civil case, which is all part of the political Witch Hunt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Trump Defends Himself and Denies Accusations<\/h3>\n<p>Trump vehemently denied the allegations made by Carroll, who accused him of raping her at a department store in New York City in the mid-1990s. Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mandalorian-fallout-accusations-of-rosario-dawson-transphobia-resurface-rumors-of-cancel-campaign\/\" title=\"\u2018Mandalorian\u2019 Fallout: Accusations Of Rosario Dawson \u2018Transphobia\u2019 Resurface, Rumors Of \u2018Cancel\u2019 Campaign\">consistently denied<\/a> these claims. In his Truth Social post, he asserted, &#8220;The statements that I made about Carroll are all true. I didn&#8217;t rape her (I won that at trial) and other than for this case, I have NO IDEA WHO SHE IS, WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE, OR ANYTHING ABOUT HER.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Carroll filed two lawsuits against Trump in 2019 and 2022. The 2019 lawsuit accuses him of defamation, while the 2022 lawsuit accuses him of defamation and battery under New York&#8217;s Adult Survivors Act. In a subsequent post on Truth Social, Trump criticized the 2022 defamation lawsuit, calling it a &#8220;total scam.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Trump Challenges the Verdict and Plans to Appeal<\/h3>\n<p>Trump expressed his dissatisfaction with the trial&#8217;s outcome, where a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation but not rape, and awarded Carroll approximately $5 million in damages. He claimed that the trial was unfair and criticized the judge&#8217;s handling of the case. Trump stated, &#8220;The Carroll civil case against me is a Miscarriage of Justice and a total Scam.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In another post on Truth Social, Trump announced his intention to appeal the verdict, stating, &#8220;We are strongly appealing this travesty of justice!&#8221; He emphasized that the entire incident was a result of a fabricated story and accused Carroll of seeking publicity and sales through her book.<\/p>\n<h3>Carroll&#8217;s Lawyers Respond to Trump&#8217;s Counterclaim<\/h3>\n<p>Trump filed a countersuit against Carroll over comments she made on CNN, despite the jury rejecting the rape claim. Carroll&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-dominion-voting-systems-lose-its-lawsuits-against-rudy-giuliani-and-sidney-powell\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Dominion Voting Systems Lose Its Lawsuits Against Rudy Giuliani And Sidney Powell?\">lawyers filed<\/a> a motion to dismiss Trump&#8217;s counterclaim, arguing that it was merely a retaliatory tactic to spin the former president&#8217;s loss in the trial.<\/p>\n<p>For more details on this story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> to read the full article from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump criticized the Department of Justice for denying his presidential immunity in E. Jean Carroll&#8217;s defamation case. 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