E. Jean Carroll talks to reporters outside a courthouse in New York on March 4, 2020. | AP Photo/Seth Wenig  The Justice Department is taking over the legal defense of President Donald Trump in a defamation suit brought by a New York writer who claims Trump raped her in a department store dressing room 25 … Continue reading Feds take over defense in libel suit against Trump The DOJ’s action in the lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll could shut down the case.