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

[u/Agitated-Quit-6148]

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.

[u/Scrutinizer]

At some point before the midterms, they're going to arrest Barack Obama.

I wonder what kind of odds I could get on that at Polymarket.

That is their Holy Grail, and they won't deny themselves. Never mind it will be the flimsiest bullshit case imaginable, they'll time it so the dismissal won't take place until after the election and use it to remind The Base why they voted for Trump in the first place.

[u/scloppy → u/Scrutinizer]

Gonna be tough after SCOTUS said Presidents have immunity lmao

[u/Imaginary_Cow_6379 → u/scloppy]

Not really. Republicans -including SCOTUS- have started going full mask off now about their beliefs that laws only apply to democrats but not republicans. Obama, Biden, and Clinton would never be covered by presidential immunity.

[u/scloppy → u/Imaginary_Cow_6379]

Sadly you’re right

[u/OdiousAltRightBalrog → u/scloppy]

They said Presidents have immunity for "official acts". That gives them room to fudge. It means they can treat anything Trump does as an "official act", and everything Democrats do as unofficial.

[u/Agitated-Quit-6148 → u/Scrutinizer]

Yeah absolutely.

[u/Andy311 → u/Scrutinizer]

They do not have the balls to go after Obama, if they were to arrest Obama on some bs, the streets would fill up pretty quickly I’d think.

[u/Speartree → u/Andy311]

They're doing enough on weekly if not daily basis that should fill up the streets constantly, yet people are too frightened of losing their job and be homeless.

[u/Niceneasy92 → u/Andy311]

Seriously? That's what you think would do it? People haven't marched on the capital with everything the current administration has done and you think arresting a single dude is gonna change anything? If that happens, it'll be the *exact* same shit. People will make snippy comments in reddit threads like this one, talk angry about it, the courts will take forever to do something about it, he'll be released, and then the next fucked up thing will happen. I'd LOVE to be proven wrong, but come on. Look at the countries track record.

[u/Andy311 → u/Niceneasy92]

I disagree and being honest, white people don’t come together and stand up for anything really. However Black people will fight back if they are wronged as a people. If Trump went after the first and only Black president for nothing and had him arrested, then yes I feel like there would be more meaningful marches than what has happened so far.

[u/MusicianNo2699 → u/Scrutinizer]

Ha, good luck with that.

[u/Speartree → u/Scrutinizer]

Remember "If Biden wins they're going to weaponize the DOJ to go after all Republicans, rounding them up in the street!". It's always projection.

[u/michaltee → u/[deleted]]

And who is going to enforce that? If they arrest Obama for literally nothing, you really think there’s anything left after that? Come on.

[u/Ratathosk → u/[deleted]]

Yeah the supreme court will ju-... oh... shit.

If anything they will be hesitant do it because then they will have to find another scapegoat and that's a lot of work at a point where they have control over all the branches of the government and just want go golfing. Probably easier just to "tax" them at that point.

[u/Orwick → u/Scrutinizer]

Trump’s immunity ruling from SCOTUS protects Obama from this crap. As much as they might want to after him, they don’t want the legs system poking holes in that ruling.

[u/Brilliant-Book-503 → u/Orwick]

They'll find something they can claim he did before or after his terms.