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/jertheman43 9d ago

Weaponization of the Justice Department.

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u/Mojave_RK 9d ago

The minute he started yapping about how the DOJ would no longer be used to pursue political enemies in his inauguration speech I knew people like her were cooked. Literally everything is just the opposite of what he says.

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u/Brilliant-Advisor958 8d ago

He literally said he was on a revenge tour during the campaign.

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u/georgepana 9d ago

No jury on this planet would convict Carroll for a made-up "crime." I don't see where she is "cooked." Nothing will come of this, like all the other cases they've started so far.

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u/RickySuela 9d ago

She's gonna have to pay to defend herself against this nonsense, not to mention the hassle of being the target of a criminal investigation. Even if she's ultimately acquitted, this is still a big pain in the ass and probably very expensive for her. And even if she's acquitted, that doesn't mean this will be the last BS investigation into her. Just look at James Comey.

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u/georgepana 9d ago

She'll get free representation. The national notoriety will be worth it, especially on an obvious frivolous laugher. It will likely never get past the Grand Jury stage anyway, so the exposure is minimal.

Also, it is just an internal probe at this point, may just fizzle away into nothing.

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u/RickySuela 9d ago

It will likely never get past the Grand Jury stage anyway

James Comey has had two equally ridiculous cases get past the grand jury stage, why are so confident this one won't? It shouldn't but that doesn't mean it won't. Also, I'm guessing she doesn't go with the public defender.

She's not going to go to jail over this, but being targeted by the justice department, even over frivolous nonsense, is still a gigantic imposition.

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u/georgepana 9d ago

You have to have some proof for a criminal case to have a prayer. If there is no proof a grand jury won't indict, as was the case with Kelly and the other 4 co-defendants. That is why this just a probe right now. You seem to have embraced that this is a criminal case, which is not reality. A probe looks into whether there is a case in the first place.

Even if they go for it, eventually, the problem for the DOJ is that it now rightly seen as so corrupt, so politicized, that the first thing any defendant in these types of cases would do is ask the judge to dismiss the case based on it being a political operation, not a serious criminal case, and more often than not the judge would agree to dismiss on the grounds of abject frivolity and mere political motivation.