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The Westfall Act tied to the Federal Tort Claims Act allows the United States to be substituted as defendant for federal employees accused of torts committed within the scope of employment.
brought two related federal civil lawsuits against — initially for defamation tied to his denials of her sexual-assault allegation and later adding a battery claim under ’s Adult Survivors Act — and w...
first sued in November 2019, bringing a federal defamation action tied to Trump’s public denials after Carroll’s June 2019 published allegation; she filed a second complaint on Nov. 24, 2022 — the day...
The intervened in ’s by invoking federal statutes that can substitute the as defendant when federal employees are sued, arguing President Trump’s 2019 denials were made “within the scope” of his offic...
mounted a multi-pronged defense against ’s by flatly denying the assault, attacking Carroll’s credibility and motives as politically driven, challenging evidentiary rulings and jury findings in appeal...