{"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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