The Justice Department is struggling to represent President Donald Trump’s positions in court.

When Rosen spoke, he did it through a nearly four-minute prerecorded video released at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday by the Justice Department. Rosen has not once addressed Justice Department reporters since becoming acting attorney general late last month. Beyond those statements, Justice Department spokesman Marc Raimondi said, the department has issued “significant" amounts of information through the offices that are running it. Gerson, who became acting attorney general after Barr left the department at the end of George H.W. I was empowered to speak for the Department of Justice in the administration that I was in,” Gerson said.

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on judicial appointments, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Washington. The Justice Departments action is a normal application of the law. I wouldnt make such an argument, and if a president approached me, I would say, Dont, said Stuart Gerson, who led the Justice Departments Civil Division in President George H.W. In the Carroll case, the stakes are especially significant since a move to transfer the lawsuit from state to federal court could not only delay it but also lead to its dismissal. He pointed to the Justice Department's defense more than a decade ago of Rep. Cass Ballenger, R-N.C., who was sued for defamation by an American Muslim civil rights group.