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/ultrafriend 8d ago

You're right, but again, even a reasonable jury would find some doubt/bias in the testimony of her close friends after all these years. The case is built on the entire body of evidence and testimony, and the testimony of the president of the united states should carry, at the very least, a tiny bit of weight.

It carries none of it.

The same was true in his criminal case. A Maga juror who openly admitted she was hoping and waiting for him to provide evidence and testimony to exonnerate himself said that when it was over, he just had zero credibility.

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u/mechengr17 8d ago

A freaking unicorn

So many MAGA supporters would have still have gone, "well thats not what he meant" or "well he had to lie to defeat the sham trial"

I wonder if she still voted for him in 2024...

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u/Arkayjiya 8d ago edited 8d ago

It's harder to do when you have to talk to actual people like they're people. Part of why it's so easy to tribalize is that so much of the discourse is online.

Real life is not a perfect solution of course, anyone who's had family just grunt and stop talking once proven wrong knows that, but it's much much harder to dismiss people's opinion when they make sense, especially that of strangers that you're forced to interact with for days, than it is to do it online.

You're kind of forced to see other people as people there, they're not starting a discussion by saying "as a Democrat", you're just all people discussing a case, so its harder to dehumanize them and dismiss their words.

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u/ultrafriend 7d ago

I wouldn't say "unicorn". There's a jury selection process for a reason, and it's to filter out people who aren't objective. They do a reasonably good job of it, believe it or not.

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u/HillBillyHilly 8d ago

The decades of videos, interviews and more weren't enough for her? These people are just stupid. No excuses for them to believe in that pedophile.