US Justice Department launches criminal probe into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll

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The US Justice Department has initiated a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, who accused Donald Trump of sexual assault. The investigation focuses on possible perjury related to Carroll's testimony in civil lawsuits against Trump.

The US Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused US President Donald Trump of ‌raping her in the mid-1990s, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The probe is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied to two civil lawsuits that she won against Trump – one tied to her allegations that he sexually abused her in a New York department store and another over defamation in 2019, said the ⁠source, who...