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Lawyers: DOJ defense in Trump defamation suit is 'dangerous'

by Jennifer Peltz
| April 19, 2021 12:03 AM

The U.S. Justice Department made a “wrong and dangerous” argument in seeking to defend former President Donald Trump against a former advice columnist’s claim that he defamed her when he denied her allegation of rape, her lawyers have told a court.

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