US Justice Department Investigates E. Jean Carroll Over Deposition Statements

Washington D.C. The US Justice Department has initiated a criminal investigation into former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, who has accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault. The investigation centers on the possibility that Carroll may have lied in her statements in two civil lawsuits. One of these lawsuits alleges that Trump sexually assaulted Carroll in the mid-1990s at a New York department store. The second lawsuit concerns Trump's denial of the accusations and defamation of her in 2019.

According to prosecutors, the main dispute is Carroll's statement in a deposition in 2022 that 'no outside person paid for the costs of the lawsuit.' However, it was later revealed that billionaire Reid Hoffman had paid for part of her legal expenses. Carroll's lawyers have not yet responded to this matter. Attempts to contact Hoffman have also reportedly been unsuccessful.