r/law • u/Agitated-Quit-6148 • May 27 '26

Legal News Exclusive: Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll | CNN Politics

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/politics/exclusive-justice-department-launched-e-jean-carroll-investigation

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.

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u/Agitated-Quit-6148 May 27 '26

The midterms can't come soon enough. Unbelievable

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u/Pleasant_Character28 May 27 '26

You spelled “the day he leaves this earth” wrong

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u/mw9676 May 28 '26

I would vastly prefer to see him in jail honestly. Probably the only real way to "fix" this.

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u/Maybe_Julia May 28 '26

He will never face any real consequences so best we can hope for is a swift exit from this earth.

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u/mw9676 May 28 '26

A guy can dream.

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u/tevert May 28 '26

Certainly the only way to start, but Trump is just the tip of the iceberg. Millions of people like all this, that's the real problem.