I suppose that it should come as no surprise that President Trump's DoJ would launch a criminal probe against E. Jean Carroll.
After all, the DoJ has gone after NY Attorney General Letitia James, former FBI Director James Comey not once, but twice not to mention former Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell without success thus far.
Trump wants a scalp and he has 88 million reasons to go after Carroll who won $5 million in damages for sexual abuse and defamation in 2023 and an additional $83 million in 2024 for additional defamation of her by Trump. But none of those 88 million reasons will prove that E. Jean Carroll committed perjury or any other crime.
That Trump is appealing the case isn't enough. He wants retribution against Carroll by launching a criminal investigation against her.
One can only hope the courts will see through this investigation as they have with James. Comey and Powell and either not proceed with any charges or have the charges dismissed. But it won't stop Trump from trying.
And even if E. Jean Carroll is never charged with a crime Trump will always have some other target for his never-ending campaign of retribution.
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