William Barr’s Department of Justice was publicly rebuked by a federal judge on Wednesday after attempting to delay a rape case against Donald Trump.
According to reports, the DOJ tried to have taxpayer-funded lawyers defend Trump in a civil case over whether he defamed E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of sexual assault.
The DOJ had tried to delay the case after a government attorney was denied access to the courthouse due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
The department lied and claimed that the new rules had begun on Tuesday, despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo announcing the ban a week earlier.
The judge added that “contrary to the government’s suggestion, it appears that Virginia was added to the list of Restricted States over a week ago.”
The order was posted to Twitter by Courthouse News reporter Adam Klasfeld:
Upshot: The DOJ made an easily fact-checked error in a one-paragraph letter to a federal judge, who quickly noticed that and dressed the department down on the public record.
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) October 21, 2020
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