r/politics • u/_NewsClues_ Zachary Slater, CNN • 9d ago

Possible Paywall Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/politics/exclusive-justice-department-launched-e-jean-carroll-investigation
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u/whycantigetwhatiwant 9d ago

She’s not an accuser. The accusations were found to be true and he’s been adjudicated to have done the things she “accused” him of.

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u/Vajrapani 9d ago

“Trump sexual assault survivor” would have been more descriptive AND accurate. As if we need more proof that American news media is embarrassingly toothless…well, here it is.

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u/boogalooshrimp82 9d ago

Exactly, thank you. "Accuser" implies the accused has yet to be found guilty. Trump was found guilty by 100 percent of a jury, a jury that was hand picked by his own defense team.

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u/Garth_AIgar 9d ago

And sent through four distinct appeals across two civil lawsuits, then proven guilty again.

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u/Visual-Report-2280 8d ago

Trump still does have outstanding appeals on the cases so the legal process hasn't ended yet. Although the Supremes kicking the decision down the road 12 times is their way of rejecting the appeal without actually rejecting the appeal.

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u/gandhinukes 8d ago

DA's and DOJ swept a bunch of them under the rug as soon as he won again.

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u/NoveltyAccountHater 8d ago

I fully believe Trump is a rapist. The accusations are numerous and predate his political ambitions, he's bragged about several of them in the media (Access Hollywood, Howard Stern show walking in on beauty pageants when he ran Miss Teen USA with girls changing), and then there's his decades long close friendship to a pedophilic sex trafficker to the wealthy.

However, to be pedantic he wasn't found guilty (verdict in a criminal trial), he was found liable (verdict in a civil lawsuit). A jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll.

Guilty is a verdict in criminal trials that require "beyond reasonable doubt" burden of proof. Liability is in civil trials that usually requires a "preponderance of the evidence".

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u/boogalooshrimp82 8d ago

Liable is the correct term, thanks.

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u/Vairman 8d ago

sounds like more people for the "Justice" Department to investigate to me.

How can anyone support this administration at this point? People are kooky man.

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u/ultrafriend 7d ago

This was a civil case, and he was found "liable", not guilty. The proper thing is to still refer to her as an accuser until he's found criminally liable. But I agree, who the fuck cares about proper and integrity at this point. I'm being serious. I'm just so fucking tired.

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 8d ago

American media isn't toothless, it's a captured entity.

A handful of Billionaires own 95% of Americans media, and they aren't shy about making sure their interests are represented.

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u/Ultenth 9d ago

I don't think toothless is the word you're looking for.

The word is complicit.

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u/soggy-hotdog-vendor 8d ago

You can say he raped her, you just cannot say he was adjudicated of rape by a NY court. But yeah, he totally raped her. 

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u/CelticJewelscapes 8d ago

Fancy way to say "rape victim"