MARK R. FREEMAN, Esquire has been a busy lawyer since 2014 when we started paying his salary with our federal taxes. He joined the justice department that year.
There are reports that in January 2020 he argued against the former guy's White House Counsel testifying under a subpoena from the U.S. House of Representatives.
He definitely argued in January 2020 against unsealing the Mueller Grand Jury testimony and documents so that the House could see it all.
It is unclear when he became the Director of the Appellate Section of the Civil Division at the department of justice, but he holds that position now when MERRICK GARLAND is the Attorney General.
In June 2021, MARK FREEMAN argued in a Reply Brief with his name on it, that the United States should be substituted for the former guy in E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit. The doj did not have to appeal at all. It will be remembered that Ms. Carroll sued the former guy for defamation when he called her a liar among other things after she said that the former guy raped her.
A federal judge denied Bill Barr's motion and that's why there is an appeal. If the motion had been granted, the United States would become the defendant and Ms. Carroll's lawsuit would be barred because you cannot sue the United States for defamation.
FREEMAN's brief on the appeal continues to argue that the former guy was performing his official duties when he allegedly defamed Ms. Carroll.
If the appeal is successful, then Ms. Carroll's lawsuit will be barred. That is the reason for MARK FREEMAN's brief. Ms. Carroll's lawsuit will be barred if it is successful.
Despite media reports, there really is no reason to think that there is a new Attorney General in town. The same policies are being advanced in -- and rejected in -- the Federal Courts. See previous articles here, here, here, and here.
There are many stories in the doj. This has only been one of them.
Merrick Garland photo: Tom Brenner/New York Times.
Bill Barr photo: Doug Mills/New York Times.
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