Justice Department Opens Criminal Investigation Into E. Jean Carroll: Reports
Prosecutors are examining whether Carroll lied in a 2022 deposition after her lawyers disclosed that Reid Hoffman helped pay some legal fees.
- The Justice Department launched a criminal investigation Wednesday into E. Jean Carroll over potential perjury in testimony tied to her lawsuits against President Donald Trump, with prosecutors examining whether she lied in a 2022 deposition when she stated no one was paying her legal fees.
- During a 2022 videotaped deposition, Carroll told Trump attorney Alina Habba no one was paying her legal fees, yet her team revealed billionaire Reid Hoffman's nonprofit funding just two weeks before trial began.
- Juries awarded Carroll $5 million in a sexual abuse case and $83 million in a defamation case, both appealed by Trump to the Supreme Court, which has deferred its decision on the appeals twelve times, most recently Wednesday morning.
- Attorney General Todd Blanche recused himself from the investigation because he worked as Trump's personal attorney on Carroll appeals, leaving oversight to other Justice Department officials in the deputy attorney general's office.
- Trump's separate bid to claim immunity by joining the Carroll case as a defendant failed when an appeals court panel ruled the argument came too late, while attempts to reach Reid Hoffman for comment Wednesday were unsuccessful.
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Justice Department investigating whether Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll committed perjury, sources say
The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into whether author E. Jean Carroll committed perjury in connection with her civil lawsuits against President Trump, sources familiar with the matter said.
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, a former columnist who claims to have been raped by Trump, CNN and The New York Times report. The investigation reportedly revolves around whether Carroll committed perjury in two lawsuits she filed. The judicial investigation into Carroll is said to focus on a statement she made in 2022, in which she said she had not received external funding for her laws…
Washington – The U.S. Department of Justice has launched criminal investigations against former magazine author E. Jean Carroll (82).
US Justice Department launches criminal probe into Trump accuser
The US Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused US President Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The probe is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied to two civil lawsuits that she won against Trump – one tied to her allegations that he sexually abused her in a New York department store and another ov…
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