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Exclusive: Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll
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He didn't brag about it. he was talking about celebrities being able to do it, he didn't say HE did it.
This is just another example of leftwing media runaway hyperbole BS, and you're part of it.
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DonGlock26 is upset that you plucked one of his pigeons. He usually announces the nothing burgers.
Exclusive: Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll
The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple sources fam...www.yahoo.com
The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
The investigation is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied to her two civil lawsuits against the president – one alleging he sexually abused Carroll in a New York department store in the mid-1990s, and a second for defaming her when in 2019 he repeatedly denied the assault, said she wasn’t his type and claimed she made it up to boost sales of a book.
Prosecutors’ theory hinges on a 2022 deposition statement by Carroll, 82, that she received no outside funding for her lawsuit, though it was later revealed that billionaire Reid Hoffman had paid some legal fees and expenses.
Carroll’s team declined to comment for this story. Attempts to reach Hoffman on Wednesday were unsuccessful.
The probe is the latest move in the department’s ceaseless, and somewhat strained, efforts to meet Trump’s demands to target his long-standing personal foes.
Under acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the department has pushed to speed up Trump’s campaign of retribution. But the cases he’s brought since taking the reins of the department in April have been heavily criticized and are likely to face challenges in court over allegations of politicization.
But Blanche has been recused from this matter because he worked as one of Trump’s personal attorneys on the Carroll appeals, according to a source familiar with the matter. Blanche has not attended meetings or been involved in discussions about the investigations, and the investigation is being overseen by other officials in the deputy attorney general’s office.
Senior leaders at the Justice Department referred the investigation to federal prosecutors in Chicago, according to two sources familiar with the matter. While Carroll’s deposition took place in New York, one of the individuals who helped cover some of Carroll’s legal fees, Hoffman, has a nonprofit based in Chicago.
Hoffman’s support of the case caught Trump’s attorneys off guard when it came to light on the eve of trial.
In a 2022 videotaped deposition, Carroll told then-Trump attorney Alina Habba that no one else was paying for her legal fees. But two weeks before the trial Carroll’s attorneys informed the judge and Trump’s lawyers that they secured funding from Hoffman’s nonprofit.
Carroll’s lawyers said she never met nor had conversations with anyone associated with the nonprofit. Habba said in court at the time that Carroll’s team “conspired to conceal the truth for nearly six months.”
The judge permitted Trump’s attorneys to question Carroll again in a deposition, which has not been made public.
When the trial began two weeks later Judge Lewis Kaplan said he saw no issue with Carroll’s credibility and blocked the lawyers from asking about Hoffman’s funding.
Caroll is still embroiled in multiple legal battles with the president. Juries awarded Carroll millions of dollars in damages, which the president is appealing. Trump has appealed the $5 million sexual abuse case judgement to the Supreme Court and has pledged to do the same with the $83 million defamation case.
The Supreme Court has deferred its decision on whether to take up Trump’s appeal twelve times. The most recent deferral was made Wednesday morning.
In a different case, the president unsuccessfully asked for the Justice Department to join the case as a defendant so that he could argue he is immune from liability. An appeals court panel of judges said the argument was raised too late in the legal process.
Well done President Trump! It never set well with me how the DNC uses rape allegations by various women to target their political opponents, like they did with Clarence Thomas, like they did with Kavanaugh, and like they did with Trump. So, we are led to believe that they waited all these years to seek justice? No, they are just seeking to unseat political figures they detest is all.
Enough!!
Some may say that Trump is weaponizing the Justice Department for going after Carell, but what about Carell weaponizing the Judicial system to target Trump? It had to be done.
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UPDATE (May 28, 2026, 4:50 p.m. ET): Additional reporting from MS NOW found that the federal probe, described as investigating E. Jean Carroll and based in a prosecutors’ office in Chicago, is currently focused on Reid Hoffman, who helped pay Carroll’s legal bills, and is considering possible charges of money laundering, according to two people familiar with the matter. Hoffman’s nonprofit America Future Republic was founded in 2019 and is based in Chicago.
The Trump Justice Department may be on the verge of adding to its vindictive prosecution portfolio.
A source familiar with the matter has confirmed to MS NOW that the DOJ opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the 82-year-old writer who won tens of millions of dollars in damages in two separate but related civil cases against President Donald Trump, who was found civilly liable for sexually abusing Carroll decades ago and for defaming her more recently. Trump has denied wrongdoing and is seeking Supreme Court review of both cases after losing in the lower courts.
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Kafka would be impressed.
The Trump Justice Department may be on the verge of adding to its vindictive prosecution portfolio.
A source familiar with the matter has confirmed to MS NOW that the DOJ opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the 82-year-old writer who won tens of millions of dollars in damages in two separate but related civil cases against President Donald Trump, who was found civilly liable for sexually abusing Carroll decades ago and for defaming her more recently. Trump has denied wrongdoing and is seeking Supreme Court review of both cases after losing in the lower courts.
If the Trump DOJ charges Carroll, expect her to file a vindictive prosecution motion
The DOJ is criminally investigating the writer, 82, who won tens of millions of dollars in civil damages against the president, a source tells MS NOW.
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Kafka would be impressed.
Are you not happy about perjury? Most people take it seriously and such instances need investigated. Why do you find it funny?
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There was no perjury.
Carrol made a mistake in a first deposition.
The mistake was later caught by Kaplan (her attorney) who informed Carrol of the mistake.
Kaplan (her attorney) notified Trump's attorney's of the discrepancy and Judge Kaplan (no relation to the Carrol's attorney) allowed for a follow-up deposition on funding.
The mistake was found by Carrol and her team, who notified Trump's team, and a corrective deposition was held.
Any attempt to charge her with perjury will not succeed, but charges are not the goal - harassment is.
WW
"At Ms. Carroll's October 2022 deposition, when Carroll I (but not this case) was pending, in response to a question asking whether she was "presently paying [her] counsel's fees," Ms. Carroll responded that hers was "a contingency case" and said that no one else was paying her legal fees. App'x at 1188. On April 10, 2023, however, Ms. Carroll's counsel disclosed to Mr. Trump's attorneys Ms. Carroll's refreshed recollection "that at some point her counsel secured additional funding from a nonprofit organization to offset certain expenses and legal fees." Id. at 1191. In response, the district court permitted defense counsel limited discovery into the litigation funding, and Ms. Carroll's knowledge of it, while reserving judgment on the relevancy of evidence relating to the issue."
Ok, the reporting that this was a perjury investigation was a lie, from dembot propagandist.
The DOJ corrected the record
Justice Dept. investigating outside funding E. Jean Carroll received for civil lawsuits against Trump, sources say
DOJ is probing a nonprofit run by billionaire Reid Hoffman that funded a portion of E. Jean Carroll's civil litigation against President Trump, several sources said.
www.cbsnews.com
The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into a nonprofit run by billionaire Reid Hoffman that funded a portion of author E. Jean Carroll's civil litigation against President Trump, several sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
The investigation, which is being led by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago, is looking into possible crimes including money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction, the sources said.
CBS News could not immediately learn what prompted the investigation or determine the legal theory of the case. Hoffman could not be immediately reached for comment.
On Wednesday evening, a source familiar with the matter told CBS News that the investigation was focused on whether Carroll had committed perjury during a deposition in connection with her civil lawsuits against Mr. Trump in which she alleged he had sexually abused and defamed her.
On Thursday, however, that source followed up and said Carroll is not the target
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Jury believed Trump grabs Pussies.
He said it
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In 2026, jury = lynch mob (much of the time) 
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