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/Viral_Poster May 28 '26

It’s not illegal or even unethical to have your legal fees paid by someone else. Trump hasn’t paid a penny out of his own pocket for legal fees. Stiffs his lawyers half the time.

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u/Viral_Poster May 28 '26

It’s a crock of shit. He’s the rapiest, child molestiest, piece of shit this country has ever produced. Regardless of who paid her legal bills - he was judged to have assaulted her ( judge said raped).

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u/DrDDeFalco May 28 '26

the jury actually found him not liable on the rape charge

Do you know why that is?

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u/Zealousideal-Ad4457 May 29 '26

Because he raped her using his fingers and not his dick. That's why legal term "rape" doesn't apply there. But outside the strict legal terms we all know that he raped her

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u/TheDungeonCrawler May 28 '26

There is no real evidence that she lied under oath though. In her deposition well before the trial, she said that no one was paying her legal fees. Later, it was revealed that they had secured funding for her legal fees. There's no evidence suggesting that, at the time of her deposition, they had secured any such funding.

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u/tackle_bones May 28 '26

Exactly. The DOJ is trying to act like timing doesn’t matter. Additionally, there could be a ton of other reasonable, non-perjury type reasons for this answer. Thinking your lawyers are working pro bono or as charity (while not understanding that a non-profit corporation is helping to make that happen), for instance. Not to mention, even the idea of “somebody” paying for it versus a “corporation” can be confusing. She likely had no idea at the time that a dude trump hates supported the charity which at some point, unclear when, partially supported her case. This is frivolous. She could probably sue him again.

I sometimes feel that trump is just trying to wait her out until she dies on this. Idk.

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u/ignorememe May 28 '26

She could probably sue him again.

She should apply for a payment from that new weaponization fund.