Justice Department investigating whether Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll committed perjury, sources say

TL;DR

The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll for potential perjury.
The investigation concerns her testimony about receiving outside funding for her civil lawsuits against Donald Trump.
A jury previously found Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation in two separate lawsuits, awarding Carroll millions in damages.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois is leading the investigation.
The core of the inquiry is whether Carroll lied in a deposition when she stated she received no outside funding for her lawsuit.
It was later revealed that Reid Hoffman provided financial assistance for her legal expenses.
An appeals court previously found that Carroll had "plausibly represented" that she had forgotten about limited outside funding obtained by her counsel.

Weiter zum Originalartikel