{"id":935,"date":"2026-05-28T18:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=935"},"modified":"2026-05-28T18:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:34:08","slug":"justice-department-opens-investigation-into-e-jean-carroll-who-accused-trump-of-assault-ap-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=935","title":{"rendered":"Justice Department opens investigation into E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of assault: AP source"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into whether\u00a0E. Jean Carroll, the longtime advice columnist who has said Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a New York department store 30 years ago, lied during the course of civil litigation against him, according to a person familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=933\">There\u2019s a new wildflower festival this summer, and it\u2019s closer to Denver<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The person who confirmed the existence of the investigation was not authorized to publicly discuss an ongoing inquiry and spoke on the condition of anonymity. The perjury investigation is being led by the federal prosecutors\u2019 office in Chicago, and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has had no involvement because of his prior work as Trump\u2019s personal attorney, the person said.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for Carroll did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the latest in a series of investigations that Trump\u2019s Justice Department has opened into perceived adversaries of the Republican president. The actions, including securing\u00a0an indictment\u00a0last month against former FBI Director James Comey, have raised alarm from Democrats and former officials that an institution meant to make prosecutorial decisions independent of the White House is being weaponized.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll has said a flirtatious, chance encounter with Trump in 1996 at Bergdorf Goodman\u2019s Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan ended violently. She said Trump slammed her against a dressing room wall, pulled down her tights and forced himself on her. Trump has called the allegations a \u201cmade-up scam,\u201d and he has attacked her motivations, saying they were politically driven or arose from a desire to promote her memoir.<\/p>\n<p>A jury in 2023\u00a0found Trump liable\u00a0for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her, and she was awarded $5 million. The following year, another jury awarded Carroll\u00a0$83.3 million in a defamation case\u00a0related to Trump\u2019s social media posts about her.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department is scrutinizing a statement Carroll made in the course of the civil litigation that no one else was paying her legal fees. It later became public that a Chicago-based organization backed by Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn, had helped fund Carroll\u2019s case. Trump\u2019s lawyers in the civil case accused Carroll of concealing that information, which they said called into question whether the case was politically motivated.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A month before the first trial in 2023, then-Trump lawyer Alina Habba sought to delay it, saying in court papers that new revelations about Hoffman partially funding Carroll\u2019s case \u201craises significant questions as to Plaintiff\u2019s credibility, as well as her motive for commencing and\/or continuing the instant action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=931\">Aurora police watchdog calls for task force after officers kill 3 people in mental health crises<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a Dec. 30, 2024, ruling, upheld the $5 million jury award from 2023. The court addressed Carroll\u2019s credibility after Trump accused her of lying, during a deposition, about how her case was funded.<\/p>\n<p>The court cited Carroll\u2019s explanation that when the question about Hoffman\u2019s contributions was first posed to her in 2022, she had forgotten about \u201cthe limited outside funding\u201d received in September 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt showed that Ms. Carroll simply was not involved in the matter of who was or was not funding her litigation costs,\u201d the appeals court said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hoffman has defended the financial assistance, saying in a social media post that \u201csupporting women fight for progress and justice in philanthropy, politics and business has been a longstanding priority of mine, as is supporting America against the threat of Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A court entry earlier this month said Trump will not have to pay the award until the U.S. Supreme Court gets a chance to review the case or reject an appeal. The appeals court agreed to a request by one of Trump\u2019s lawyers that it let Trump\u00a0delay the payment\u00a0to Carroll, though he was required to post a $7.4 million bond to cover any additional interest costs, a request Carroll\u2019s attorney had made.<\/p>\n<p>The Carroll investigation was first reported by CNN.<\/p>\n<p><em>Associated Press reporter Larry Neumeister in New York contributed to this report<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=929\">What is your perspective on AI? The Denver Post wants to know<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Justice Department opened an investigation into whether E. 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