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(DC Pundit) – In a development that has conservatives nodding with a knowing smirk, the U.S. Department of Justice has reportedly opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former advice columnist who scored massive jury payouts against President Donald Trump. According to sources familiar with the matter, federal investigators are looking into whether Carroll committed perjury when she testified about funding for her legal fights.
The probe, first highlighted by CNN, centers on Carroll’s 2022 statements claiming she received no outside financial help for her lawsuits. That assertion raised eyebrows after her own legal team later admitted that billionaire Democrat donor and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman chipped in to cover some costs. It seems the scrutiny is finally catching up to one of the more colorful chapters in the long-running lawfare saga aimed at the president.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche wisely stepped aside from the case, citing his prior work as Trump’s personal attorney. The Justice Department, sticking to standard procedure, declined to comment on the active investigation. Carroll’s lawyer, Robbie Kaplan, has stayed quiet on the news as well.
For those who have followed this saga, it all traces back to Carroll’s accusation that Trump sexually assaulted her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in mid-1990s New York. Trump has denied it from the start.
“Number one, she’s not my type. Number two, it never happened,” Trump said when first responding to the accusation in 2019.
That straightforward denial led to a defamation suit from Carroll. She followed up with a second lawsuit after New York Democrats passed the Adult Survivors Act, which conveniently reopened old claims. In 2023, one jury hit Trump with a $5 million verdict for sexual abuse and defamation. Another awarded Carroll $83.3 million in early 2024 over his continued public pushback.
President Trump has pushed back hard in the courts, with his team seeking mistrials and filing appeals. A petition on the judgments is still pending at the U.S. Supreme Court. Just this month, the Justice Department signaled it would ask the high court to let the federal government step in as defendant under the Westfall Act. The argument? Trump’s comments were made while serving as president, which could protect him from personal liability.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit turned down a full rehearing but paused collection on that big $83 million judgment while the Supreme Court weighs in. Now this fresh criminal probe into Carroll adds yet another layer to what many on the right view as a textbook example of weaponized courts and deep-pocketed donors trying to tie up a president they couldn’t beat at the ballot box.
Caught in yet another lie..
E. Jean Carroll "forgot" a democrat donor funded her case when she gave her deposition. Even on CNN the people interviewing her appear doubtful of her answers. pic.twitter.com/Ne3MnVfs7U— 💋Elissa4Real💋 (@EL4USA) May 29, 2026
It’s hard not to chuckle at the irony. After years of Democrats cheering every lawsuit against Trump as some noble pursuit of justice, the federal government under his own administration is now examining whether the accuser played fast and loose with the truth about who was really bankrolling her efforts.
Carroll, once a columnist for Elle magazine, became a household name in progressive circles, but skeptics have long questioned the timing and details. For conservatives, this latest move by the DOJ signals a welcome shift: accountability that doesn’t just flow in one direction. Whether it leads to charges or simply more transparency, it underscores the persistent double standards that have defined much of the opposition to Trump since day one.
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