The US Justice Department has asked to take over President Donald Trump's defence in a defamation case brought by a prominent American columnist who accused him of rape.
The unusual move means government lawyers would defend Trump at the expense of American taxpayers.
The lawsuit was filed by advice columnist E Jean Carroll, who has accused him of sexual assault in an upscale department store fitting room in the 1990s.
Trump called her a liar and claimed he had never met her.

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