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Donald Trump tried to get out of the payment of E. Jean Carroll The $ 83 million she won in court after Trump spent years defaming her. It was not enough for Trump to be A rapist judged. He continued to defame Carroll and accumulate losses in court.
Now he tries to get out of the payment, and he wants taxpayers to pose the invoice for his call by representing the Doj before the court.
ABC News said the Court of Appeal told Trump No:
American taxpayers will not pay for the current appeal of the defamation case of $ 83 million by President Donald Trump, a federal court of appeal determined on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, a jury of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Trump’s request to ensure that the lawyers of the Ministry of Justice are competing in his appeal of the defamation case of the columnist E. Jean Carroll against Trump.
Trump, through Doj, tried to make the absurd argument that Disputed E. Jean Carroll was part of the extent of his functions as president. The reasoning was that Trump broadcast Carroll during a speech he delivered as president.
In the opinion of Trump, everything he does as a president is the magnitude of official rights, and taxpayers should be on the cost.
The decision of the Court of Appeal is important beyond the Carroll affair, because it is an example of the courts that distinguish that certain things that a president is doing is not official acts.
The presidential immunity decision of the Supreme Court was too wide, but it has given way to interpretation. The question of what constitutes an official presidential act has not been entirely defined and, at the very least, the country now understands that defamation is not considered as an official presidential law.
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