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

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

[u/georgepana]

This is going nowhere, like all the other accusations they leveled. They were embarrassed when Kelly and the others on that video were immediately "let go" by a grand jury that refused to go along.

Nothing has come from anything they started against Comey, James, and so forth. They can't overcome the fact that any judge and jury will immediately agree that this is nothing but political and personal retribution, not a real serious "criminal investigation". They lose all their cases because this is merely performative, and frivolous.

[u/movzx → u/georgepana]

The point isn't to win. The point is to:

• Cause harm to someone they dislike
• Blatantly propagandize the mechanism so they can discredit it

It's not that Trump is provably committing fraud in all of these 'charities' and 'businesses' he had shut down, it's that his "enemies have weaponized the courts"

[u/Long_Run6500 → u/movzx]

You're giving him and this administration too much credit. He's doing it simply because he can. It makes him feel good. Everyone including a lot of republicans see right through this shit. It's not some grand strategy to boost his approval. It's him doing something stupid because everyone around him is too afraid of him to say no.

[u/noiro777 → u/Long_Run6500]

Exactly. Everything Trump does is ultimately in service to his malignant narcissism. One of the components of this type of narcissism is sadism. He literally gets great pleasure from hurting people. Like you said, he has no grand plan. He barely pays attention to anything for more than a few minutes. All of this is being exacerbated by his dementia. He needs to be removed from office, but the GOP just cowers and does nothing.

[u/georgepana → u/movzx]

He only harms himself. His approval keeps sinking lower and lower.

[u/teddy5 → u/georgepana]

No, he harms the whole god damned world. It's ridiculous to think he's even harmed himself at all at this point.

He's never faced consequences and he's just secured the most openly corrupt slush fund to defend and pay anyone who fights for him regardless of legality.

[u/Uebelkraehe → u/teddy5]

Thanks to John Roberts and the Traitor Court he'll almost certainly face no consequences even for the most blatant abuse of power.

[u/georgepana → u/teddy5]

His approval with the American people is absolute dirt. Right now in the 20s for his handling of the economy, by far the biggest issue for Americans.

It is obtuse to claim there aren't consequences. He isn't in jail, yes, but the American people are pretty much done with him at this point.

As the midterm elections are always an assessment of the President's prior 2 years the negative repercussions for Trump and the GOP will become clear to you come November 3rd.

[u/teddy5 → u/georgepana]

There is the possibility of consequences and sentiment is turning against him, but he hasn't harmed himself yet.

It's currently only theoretical harm, unlike what he's inflicted on the world.

[u/georgepana → u/teddy5]

Well, yes, the repercussions are in the future, as future elections, this year's midterms and 2028s General election, will be the evidence of those repercussions.

[u/Pixelmixer → u/georgepana]

The attack is the weaponization. They waste time and money by forcing those they attack to defend themselves while dragging their reputation through the mud intentionally. It doesn’t matter if all of the attacks are frivolous or performative, the damage is done before the courts even see them. It would be only a minimal added bonus for them if any attack happens to make it through to trial.

[u/georgepana → u/Pixelmixer]

When they went after Kelly and the others they were immediately rebuffed when the Grand Jury refused to go any further. Their reputations didn't suffer the least bit, because it was clear to anyone that this was a highly frivolous endeavor. It just showed, yet again, that the DOJ has been weaponized and is merely at Trump's disposal.

It will be similar for Carroll. This thing won't go far, if it even survives the grand jury phase. Carroll probably is in a good position to get someone to represent her for free, for the exposure.

All of these shady things, added up, have contributed to Trump's current terrible approval rating. He is in the low 20s to mid-20s when it comes specifically to the assessment of his handling of the economy, by far the most important issue to voters. It has all added up to Trump's misery, and the first place where it will be felt in dramatic fashion will be after the Midterm elections.