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malaise
(298,350 posts)That is all
Lovie777
(23,904 posts)enough already. We the People need to fire the DOJ, F.B.I, and replace them with qualified patriots who love the US and her people.
senseandsensibility
(25,655 posts)He REALLY wants to be the AG doesn't he? 
malaise
(298,350 posts)Go E Jean!
hamsterjill
(17,807 posts)Asshole! Using the DOJ as his personal lap dogs and getting away with it.
Irish_Dem
(82,601 posts)
Dan
(5,310 posts)Irish_Dem
(82,601 posts)He wants to go after her and threaten jail so she will ask the judge to overturn the payment to her.
He also wants all his other victims know he will throw them in jail if they report his crimes.
Dan
(5,310 posts)I hope she doesn't do it.
If she does, I hope that a judge will not allow it.
And when he is out of office - I hope that they sue his ass again.
Irish_Dem
(82,601 posts)It is like a clinical seminar on the disorder.
She may have to drop everything or he will put her in jail.
And the Supreme Court will go along with it.
I am so disgusted with the American people for allowing this.
FHRRK1
(153 posts)And that is he picked the wrong person.
The Dems need to go after Trump hard and relentlessly, including his family and corrupt cabinet.
Let the SC step in front of them, then roast Robert’s and crew.
Irish_Dem
(82,601 posts)And run up a huge legal bill.
He is stalking and harassing her.
Tree Lady
(13,399 posts)For her, I will contribute. This is f’d up!
Irish_Dem
(82,601 posts)No matter how heinous his crimes are.
Tree Lady
(13,399 posts)Most of us here are older and retired, this is suppose to be a restful, peaceful time of our lives.
FHRRK1
(153 posts)Since Trump is going to be at a Knicks game, someone needs to invite her. Pass the plate around and she will likely make a million for her defense fund.
And I’m not kidding, the mother fucker needs to be humiliated each and every time he leaves his bubble.
no_hypocrisy
(55,498 posts)What law did she break? (Rhetorical statement)
spanone
(142,107 posts)malaise
(298,350 posts)Lock him up - this is madness
Tommy Carcetti
(44,591 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(137,817 posts)Blanche better hope not.
sheshe2
(98,581 posts)Exclusive: Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll
— Kat 🕊ï¸ðŸ’™ðŸ¦‹ðŸ‡ºðŸ‡¦ðŸŒ»ðŸŒŠðŸŸ§ðŸŸ¦ðŸŒˆðŸ³ï¸â€ðŸŒˆðŸ³ï¸â€âš§ï¸ðŸŽðŸ’– (@smith83k.bsky.social) 2026-05-27T23:17:57.711Z
#Pinks
www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/p...
The investigation is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied to her two civil lawsuits against the president – one alleging he sexually abused Carroll in a New York department store in the mid-1990s, and a second for defaming her when in 2019 he repeatedly denied the assault, said she wasn’t his type and claimed she made it up to boost sales of a book.
Prosecutors’ theory hinges on a 2022 deposition statement by Carroll, 82, that she received no outside funding for her lawsuit, though it was later revealed that billionaire Reid Hoffman had paid some legal fees and expenses.
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Under acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the department has pushed to speed up Trump’s campaign of retribution. But the cases he’s brought since taking the reins of the department in April have been heavily criticized and are likely to face challenges in court over allegations of politicization.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/politics/exclusive-justice-department-launched-e-jean-carroll-investigation?cid=ios_app
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I was just ready to post this.
Irish_Dem
(82,601 posts)sheshe2
(98,581 posts)Irish_Dem
(82,601 posts)sheshe2
(98,581 posts)Why would we expect fair reporting from them. They are MAGA sympathizers after all.
sinkingfeeling
(58,103 posts)
Takket
(23,821 posts)the DOJ doesn't go around announcing they are investigating people when the investigation is into a legitimate crime.
Mad_Machine76
(25,031 posts)He just wanted the “announcement” of an investigation into HB. I don’t think he actually cared if it actually happened.
dlk
(13,362 posts)Ultimately, it’s all about the money
underpants
(197,357 posts)mcar
(46,401 posts)It never ends.
kimbutgar
(27,599 posts)
Cha
(320,925 posts)Hope it backfires on their grotesque heads. 
Baitball Blogger
(52,759 posts)Pisces
(6,335 posts)
ruet
(10,321 posts)She has been declared a victim through adjudication.
senseandsensibility
(25,655 posts)I just copied the CNN headline verbatim. But you are correct.
ruet
(10,321 posts)I was definitely talking to CNN. They should know better.
Trueblue Texan
(4,649 posts)
stonecutter357
(13,063 posts)TVguyCards
(31 posts)that Trump has put aside for people "harassed by the US Government". It would be all over the news & a hilarious act of irony.
LetMyPeopleVote
(182,642 posts)Ms. Carroll, who prevailed in a civil trial after accusing President Trump of sexual abuse, is the latest target in a Justice Department campaign going after his perceived enemies.
Link to tweet
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/us/politics/criminal-inquiry-e-jean-carroll-trump-accusations.html
The investigation centers on whether Ms. Carroll committed perjury in civil lawsuits against Mr. Trump, according to the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. Ms. Carroll won a $5 million civil judgment against Mr. Trump that he had sexually abused and defamed her, which the president last November asked the Supreme Court to overturn. She also won a $83.3 million civil judgment against him in another defamation case.
An inquiry into Ms. Carroll would represent the latest chapter in Mr. Trump’s retribution campaign, which has been carried out by Justice Department officials. A number of figures who brought criminal and civil cases against Mr. Trump have come under the department’s scrutiny, including James B. Comey, New York Attorney General Letitia James and other adversaries of the president.....
Mr. Blanche has aggressively pursued investigations against people Mr. Trump has targeted. Last month, the department charged James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, over a social media post of seashells arranged in the numbers “86 47,” which prosecutors said was a threat against Mr. Trump. Mr. Comey has said he did not associate the phrase with violence and denied wrongdoing.
Mr. Trump’s revenge campaign kicked into high gear last September when he publicly demanded that the then-attorney general, Pam Bondi, move to prosecute several of his adversaries. Within several weeks, a newly selected prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia had indicted Mr. Comey and Ms. James. But both of those cases were thrown out by a judge, and, despite the newer indictment of Mr. Comey last month, the department has struggled to gain traction in a number of cases against Mr. Trump’s adversaries.....
The Justice Department’s leadership also has made extensive use of a provision that allows the designation of cases to handpicked prosecutors across the country, regardless of whether possible crimes occurred in their jurisdictions.
The department assigned its investigation into John Brennan, the former C.I.A. director, to the U.S. attorney in Miami, Jason Reding Quiñones, because he was seen as more willing to pursue a case viewed as questionable by other offices, according to former officials.
Blanche and a host of DOJ attorneys will be disbarred for stunts like this.
LetMyPeopleVote
(182,642 posts)The investigation centers on statements Carroll made during a deposition in her civil lawsuit against President Donald Trump, in which a jury found that he had sexually assaulted and defamed her.
Link to tweet
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/05/28/doj-probes-reid-hoffmans-nonprofit-funding-e-jean-carrolls-legal-bills/
The investigation, which is expected to look at statements Carroll made during a deposition, could also morph into a criminal perjury probe against the 82-year-old columnist, said the people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing probe. The nascent investigation follows years of Trump publicly deriding Carroll, his accuser, and Hoffman, a major Democratic Party donor.....
In a 2022 deposition, Carroll testified that outside funders were not helping her to bring the lawsuit. It later became public that Hoffman’s nonprofit, American Future Republic, paid some of her legal bills.
The investigation is centered on this statement and whether American Future Republic, which largely gives grants to left leaning causes, could have directed Carroll to lie during that deposition, according to the people familiar with the probe. The investigation is examining potential money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction charges, the people said......
Trump’s personal defense attorneys have previously brought up Carroll’s statement during the deposition — and how the trial judge handled the evidence around the payment of her legal fees — as a potential reason to overturn the verdict.
But a panel of federal appeals judges ruled in 2024 that it was plausible that she had simply forgotten about the funding when she testified — and had not intended to mislead the defense. According to court records, Carroll’s legal team said they would be paid on contingency, meaning her attorneys would only get paid if and when she prevailed before a jury or reached a monetary settlement.
In 2020, her defense team had informed her that they secured outside funding for some legal fees, according to the court records. Carrol said that she did not speak with her counsel again about this until 2023 and that when she testified in 2022, she had forgotten about it, according to court records.
“There was no evidence to suggest that Ms. Carroll was personally involved in securing the funding, interacted with the funder, received an invoice showing the arrangement before or after her counsel received the outside funding, or had discussed the arrangement with anyone between learning of it in September 2020 and being deposed in October 2022,” the panel of appeals court judges found.
This issue was raised by trump and rejected. trump is trying to use the same rejected theory in a different forum.
There will be a number of DOJ lawyers who will be disbarred due to this and other abuses of the Department of Justice.
DET
(2,618 posts)Who cares who helped fund her legal case. What bearing does that have on the merits of the case?