{"id":52,"date":"2026-05-29T04:37:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/housingshiftnews.com\/?p=52"},"modified":"2026-05-29T04:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:37:59","slug":"trumps-enemies-list-doj-launches-egregious-criminal-probe-into-trump-accuser-e-jean-carroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housingshiftnews.com\/?p=52","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Enemies List: DOJ Launches \u201cEgregious\u201d Criminal Probe into Trump Accuser E. Jean Carroll"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Justice Department has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into the writer E. Jean Carroll, who successfully sued Donald Trump twice, for sexual abuse and defamation. According to <span>CNN<\/span>, <em>The New York Times<\/em> and other outlets, the investigation is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in a deposition, even though a federal appeals court upheld the rulings in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/housingshiftnews.com\/?p=50\">Ex-Nuclear Negotiator on U.S.-Iran Talks, Abraham Accords &amp; Trump\u2019s Threat to Blow Up Oman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Carroll published a memoir describing an encounter in the 1990s when she says Trump sexually assaulted her in a department store. When Trump denied the account, Carroll sued him and won $5 million in damages, with a unanimous New York jury finding Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. After Trump made disparaging remarks about Carroll, she sued him again and won a second defamation judgment for over $83 million. (She has yet to collect any money pending appeals by Trump.)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/housingshiftnews.com\/?p=48\">Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump over Slush Fund for Jan. 6 Rioters &amp; Other Allies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe use of the Justice Department to go after E. Jean Carroll in this way is completely unprecedented,\u201d says law professor Deborah Tuerkheimer, who says the probe is part of an obvious \u201cvendetta\u201d by Trump. \u201cIt\u2019s frankly galling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/housingshiftnews.com\/?p=46\">U.S. Bombs Iran Despite Peace Talks; Israel Strikes Lebanon to \u201cForce Trump\u2019s Hand\u201d: Negar Mortazavi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See our interview with director Ivy Meeropol about her documentary <em>Ask E. Jean<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Justice Department has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into the writer E. 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