So this is a really interesting case that raises yet more questions about whether the Justice Department is using its considerable power to protect President Trump. It was part of his job, the government is saying, to defend himself, so the government can now defend him. A judge has to rule on whether that is legitimate, but from everything I've read, the courts have taken a very loose interpretation of what "on the job" means for a government official, protecting them from defamation case. I still don't understand why the government is taking this up now, rather than when the case came up a year or so ago. The case was moving toward forcing Trump to provide DNA samples and testimony from the president under oath.

Source: Washington Post September 03, 2020 17:14 UTC