{"slug": "doj-investigating-trump-sex-abuse-accuser-e-jean-carroll-reports", "title": "DOJ investigating Trump sex abuse accuser E. Jean Carroll: reports", "summary": "The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, over potential perjury in her civil lawsuits against him. Federal investigators are examining whether Carroll lied under oath in the two cases where Manhattan juries found Trump liable for sex abuse and defamation, resulting in $88.3 million in damages. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch, who previously represented Trump in one of Carroll's appeals, has recused himself from the probe.", "body_md": "**Getting your**\n\n[Trinity Audio](//trinityaudio.ai)player ready...The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into [E. Jean Carroll](https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/04/29/full-federal-appeals-court-wont-rehear-83-million-defamation-verdict-against-trump/), a magazine advice columnist who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s in a widely-publicized civil lawsuit, according to multiple reports.\n\nAccording to [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/politics/exclusive-justice-department-launched-e-jean-carroll-investigation), [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/us/politics/criminal-inquiry-e-jean-carroll-trump-accusations.html) and other outlets, federal investigators are probing whether Carroll committed perjury in her two civil suits against President Trump, whom she accused of sexually assaulting her in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room.\n\nManhattan juries found Trump liable for sex abuse and defamation, eventually ordering Trump to pay damages totaling $88.3 million. The president has denied the allegations against him.\n\nActing Attorney General Todd Blanch, who represented Trump as his personal attorney during one of Carroll’s appeals, has recused himself from the case, according to CNN.\n\nThe DOJ has mounted cases against several of Trump’s political foes during his second term, including former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, who was [accused of federal bank fraud](https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/24/ny-attorney-general-letitia-james-pleads-not-guilty-in-bank-fraud-case-brought-by-trump-doj/).\n\nJames described the charges as President Trump’s “vehicle of retribution.”\n\nThe Department of Justice did not immediately respond to messages left seeking comment.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/doj-investigating-trump-sex-abuse-accuser-e-jean-carroll-reports", "canonical_source": "https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/05/28/doj-investigating-trump-sex-abuse-accuser-e-jean-carroll-reports/", "published_at": "2026-05-28 12:25:47+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-28 12:41:22.164405+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["E. Jean Carroll", "Donald Trump", "Department of Justice", "CNN", "The New York Times", "Todd Blanch", "James Comey", "Letitia James"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/doj-investigating-trump-sex-abuse-accuser-e-jean-carroll-reports", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/doj-investigating-trump-sex-abuse-accuser-e-jean-carroll-reports.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/doj-investigating-trump-sex-abuse-accuser-e-jean-carroll-reports.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/doj-investigating-trump-sex-abuse-accuser-e-jean-carroll-reports.jsonld"}}