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DOJ Launches "Egregious" Criminal Probe into Trump Accuser E. Jean Carroll

2026-05-28 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The Justice Department has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into the writer E. Jean Carroll, who successfully sued Donald Trump twice, for sexual abuse and defamation. In 2019, Carroll published a memoir describing an encounter in the 1990s when she says Trump sexually assaulted her in a department store. When Trump denied the account, Carroll sued him and won $5 million in damages, with a unanimous New York jury finding Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. After Trump made disparaging remarks about Carroll, she sued him again and won a second defamation judgment for over $83 million. (She has yet to collect any money pending appeals by Trump.) Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@brucecampbell4528 2026-05-30

It's about time she should be thrown in prison. She doesn't even know what happened. It was always about money.

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@lovemine7 2026-05-29

She's just gonna see him again and people are gonna laugh

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@PhilipSavva 2026-05-29

How's payment avoided? 😢

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@Antimedal 2026-05-29

I find it hilarious these morons call this criminal probe "egregious". Yet they were fine with the Judge in the case ordering President Trump to pay over $80 million dollars as restitution for slander and defamation of Carroll. Yet all President Trump said was that she's crazy and a liar. Funny they are investigating her for perjury. Which that would actually make her a liar. Also I'd classify anyone who paints trees, names her cat vagina, and goes on live tv and calls rape sexy as a crazy person.

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@hilpei3675 2026-05-29

This is what a weaponized DOJ looks like -- ironically E.Jean Carroll would be an appropriate recipient a "slush fund" pay-out -- BLANCHE and TRUMP are using the DOJ like dirty mobsters.

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@WeThePeeps13 2026-05-29

I don't believe E. Jean because I don't believe all allegations, some people lie. Not a shred of evidence.

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@melissafadim9830 2026-05-28

Will this be available on tv?

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@TroyStone-j5i 2026-05-28

He just can't stop being a predator, horrible

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@RWMays-z6s 2026-05-28

Dump's justice department going after E. Jean Carroll proves that the U.S. is what has always been deemed a "3rd world country". And that's forgetting the merits of the case. Dump uses the Justice Department to go after folks he doesn't like- mostly adversaries in some way. It's stunning how quickly this country has fallen into the toilet...

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@tothelighthouse9843 2026-05-29

How is this not harassment & abuse of power? Trump is weaponizing the DOJ to punish his enemies.

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