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the department of justice says this morning that it should represent former president donald trump in a defamation case brought by magazine columnist eugene carol. by doing so, the doj under president biden is actually continuing an argument made by the trump administration. carol says trump raped her in the 1990s. she filed a lawsuit contending he defamed her when he denied the allegations while president. allegations he still denies. we re joined now by cnn s senior legal analyst and former federal and state prosecutor. this is complicated but important because bill barr under trump basically moved this to the federal government saying that they now represent the president because this was said in his office in his capacity as president. carol s attorney says that is ludicrous that this would be protected in that way. but now the biden justice
department is standing by. basically what bill barr did. what do you think? yeah, poppy. i think bill barr was wrong then. i think they re wrong now. i m not alone. the federal district court judge who heard this case in the southern district of new york defends this. and take over a case if the lawsuit relates to officials official duties f you re talking about the president, for example, if the president gets sued personally for signing a piece of legislation or issuing an executive order that, falls within his duties. doj takes over. here i disagree and judge caplan disagreed that defaming somebody, calling somebody a lure who accused the president of sexual assault, i disagree that falls within a president s official duties. so you have the legal argument there which you know far better than me. you have the political argument here. barr was criticized he was accused of basically using the justice department to defend the president, right?