DOJ says Trump was acting in his official capacity when he denied rape charge.

[Nevilledog]

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Adam Parkhomenko
@AdamParkhomenko
Barr is doing to the law what Trump is doing to science. And the law.

Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
Breaking NYT: In an unusual move, the Justice Department said that Trump should not be sued personally for having denied a rape allegation because he made the statement while acting in his official capacity as president. https://nytimes.com/2020/10/19/nyregion/jean-carroll-trump-rape-lawsuit.html?referringSource=articleShare…
3:18 PM · Oct 19, 2020

[Stuart G]

1. K and R...Donald Trump is nuts!!!!!

[ffr]

2. Wait until after the election. It's going to be ape shit crazy what they'll try to get away with.

This cult must go down in flame big time!

[CincyDem]

3. Sooo...that would say DoJ's position is that anything he does is in his "official capacity"....

...how about those "release all the russian data" tweets. Sounds like something he said in his official capacity.

Can't have it both ways guys.

[Laelth]

4. OK. That's a stretch.

How on Earth could one deny rape charges in one’s official capacity (as if he had discretion to rape or not rape pursuant to his official job duties)?

No, a charge of rape must be answered in one’s individual capacity (unless rape is in one’s job description, and he was NOT RAPING on behalf of the American people in his official capacity as President).

Bill Barr needs disbarment in the worst way.

-Laelth

[Iliyah]

5. What total bullshit . ....

[The Magistrate]

6. I Expect the Judge Managed To Keep a Straight Face, Ma'am

Must have been difficult....

[global1]

7. Boy - These People Just Make Up Their Own Rules For Any Given Situation.....nt

[Voltaire2]

8. Barr ought to be impeached just for this.

[Laelth]

13. Yes. He should. This defense is absurd. n/t

-Laelth

[gratuitous]

9. Didn't Judge Barrett rule on a case like this involving a rapist prison guard?

As I recall, because raping female prisoners wasn't in the guard's job description, the county couldn't possibly be liable for his misconduct while on the job. I don't think defaming private citizens is part of the president's job description, is it? So the United States of America can't be substituted for Donald J. Trump as the defendant, right Judge Amy?

[soothsayer]

10. Yes, I thought of the same thing!

[nuxvomica]

11. But rape can't be committed in an official capacity

According to Amy Coney Barrett. Ergo, denying rape cannot be done in an official capacity. Also, Article Two makes no mention of denying rape. What would Scalia say?

[Totally Tunsie]

12. Barr is doing to the law what Trump *allegedly* did to his rape victim

and what tRump tries to do to us every day. They're all f*n with us.

[spanone]

14. Barr is as dangerous to democracy as his lord and savior trump

Is that just an opinion or a ruling?

[gohuskies]

15. There are no limits to the lawlessness of Bill Barr

He is the worst AG in American history and ushering in dictatorship and ending democracy and justice. When Trumpism dies, he needs to be dis-barred and indicted for all of his criminal acts.

[crickets]

16. Sounds like someone is terrified about being called to account

for every crime he has ever committed. Good. Sad trombone for you, donnie.

[Solly Mack]

17. That's some horseshit coated bullshit there.

[no_hypocrisy]

18. While I haven't actually read the Complaint filed,

I'm pretty sure that the defendant at issue wasn't "The President of the United States" and rather, it was the pedestrian American citizen and resident of New York City, Donald J. Trump. And I'm also pretty sure that means that when Trump responded, it wasn't in the capacity of the Leader of the Free World, that is, The President of the United States.