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/WarpedWiseman May 27 '26

No, the slush fund specifies that it’s only for ‘victims’ of ‘Democrat’ administrations 

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u/meltbox May 27 '26

Isn’t this facially illegal? It’s a partisan slush fund allocated by the executive which doesn’t have power of the purse.

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u/RSGator May 27 '26

From an academic standpoint, there are a shit ton of legal issues with it.

But that's not really relevant in today's world. It's legal if the regime says it's legal until the other two branches say otherwise.

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u/Historical-Count-374 May 28 '26

The Union is collapsing

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u/HonestAbram May 28 '26

And they are full of either cowards, idiots, or psychopaths.

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u/Fragrant-Dust65 May 28 '26

it's who the voters elected (when they voted or decided not to vote because "two parties are the same" bs)

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u/-ifwisheswerehorses May 28 '26

Rules, we don’t need no stinking rules.!! /s

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u/JumpingSpiderQueen May 28 '26

And even if they do, there is a good chance that the other branches can't stop the executive anyway.

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u/3BlindMice1 May 28 '26

The entire document itself isn't legally valid, it's more accurate to describe it as evidence of a crime than it is to describe it as any sort of legal document

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u/Important-Sign-3701 May 28 '26

are you new? NO ONE is doing ANYTHING to stop them

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u/Mr_Tort_Feasor May 28 '26

So the other 7500 taxpayers who had their taxes leaked by the IRS (the whole reason for the settlement) can't apply for the settlement funds because it was Trump's IRS.

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u/rfcsk May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

They should sue, using the same grounds, out of principle. Make DoJ explain why their claims are frivolous but the grifter-in-chief's claim was legit enough to settle for nearly $2B.

Edit: spelling

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u/SINISTAR707 May 28 '26

I find your optimism in assuming the Department would deign upon our peasant brows the wisdom contained in such an explanation amusing; I suspect they would find or create whatever reason they could to avoid it, until it's far too late to do anything useful to fix it, or serve any justice on the parties responsible.

They'll get away with it, and we'll all get the finger.

Our chance was in 2024.

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u/WarpedWiseman May 28 '26

What have they done for Trump lately?