The DOJ is actually trying to protect President Trump against a lawsuit brought by protesters who were pushed out of Lafayette Park in 2020 during the George Floyd riots.

And by ‘protect’ we mean that the DOJ is trying to keep him out of the lawsuit altogether by substituting themselves in his place, as they did with former AG Bill Barr and others.

Here’s more from The Hill:

The Justice Department is attempting to substitute itself in place of former President Trump as the defendant in a lawsuit brought after law enforcement pushed protesters out from Lafayette Park near the White House following the murder of George Floyd in 2020.

If successful, the move would enable Trump to avoid liability in the suit or having to pay any eventual damages.

In court filings on Monday, the Biden-era Justice Department certified that Trump was acting in the scope of his employment as president and filed a notice substituting itself as the defendant.

“On the basis of the information now available with respect to the claims set forth therein, I find that Donald J. Trump was acting within the scope of federal office or employment at the time of the incident out of which the plaintiffs’ claims arise,” James Touhey, the Justice Department’s director of its civil torts branch, wrote in the notice.

The protesters who brought the lawsuit can attempt to object and keep Trump on the hook. The judge overruled their objection, however, when the Justice Department previously substituted itself for former Attorney General Bill Barr and other defendants in the case.