FILE PHOTO: E. Jean Carroll is seen in an undated photo released on June 25, 2019. Courtesy E. Jean Carroll/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The writer who accused Donald Trump of raping her in a Manhattan department store a quarter century ago argued that he cannot hide behind his job as U.S. president to escape as a defendant from her defamation lawsuit.
In a Monday night filing in Manhattan federal court, lawyers for former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll urged a judge to reject the Department of Justice's bid to replace Trump's private legal team and substitute the government as a defendant, with taxpayers footing the bill for costs and any damages.
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