Jean Carroll (center), who says former President Donald Trump raped her in the 1990s, speaks to reporters as she leaves the courthouse in New York following an October hearing in her defamation lawsuit.

The Justice Department said Tuesday it will continue its defense of Trump.

Jean Carroll (center), who says former President Donald Trump raped her in the 1990s, speaks to reporters as she leaves the courthouse in New York following an October hearing in her defamation lawsuit.

The Justice Department said Tuesday it will continue its defense of Trump.

The Biden Justice Department is forging ahead with a controversial legal effort started under former President Donald Trump to intervene on Trump's behalf in a defamation lawsuit brought against him by a writer who says Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.

"Calling a woman you sexually assaulted a 'liar,' a 'slut,' or 'not my type' — as Donald Trump did here — is NOT the official act of an American president.".

Calling a woman you sexually assaulted a “liar,” a “slut,” or “not my type” — as Donald Trump did here — is NOT the official act of an American president.