{"id":159036,"date":"2026-07-30T16:50:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/30\/doj-backs-trump-in-appeal-of-83m-carroll-verdict\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T16:50:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:50:47","slug":"doj-backs-trump-in-appeal-of-83m-carroll-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/30\/doj-backs-trump-in-appeal-of-83m-carroll-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Backs Trump in Appeal of $83M Carroll Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAbsent this Court&#8217;s intervention, the sitting President is facing nearly a hundred million dollars of personal liability for conduct that was well within the scope of his federal office,  the U.S. Justice Department told the U.S. Supreme Court this week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" 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hundred million dollars of personal liability for conduct that was well within the scope of his federal office,  the U.S. Justice Department told the U.S. Supreme Court this week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/965011481\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/965011481\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/965011481\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin it!\" 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