Chicago Prosecutor Denies Carroll Investigation

The top federal prosecutor in Chicago, Andrew S. Boutros>>>, denied that his office had opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll>>>, the writer who accused Donald Trump>>> of sexual assault and defamation. This denial came hours after multiple news organizations, including Associated Press>>> and CNN>>>, reported that the United States — United States Department of Justice>>> was investigating E. Jean Carroll>>> for possible perjury related to her civil litigation against Donald Trump>>>. The alleged perjury stemmed from a statement E. Jean Carroll>>> made in a 2022 deposition that she received no outside funding for her lawsuit, which was later contradicted by the revelation that Reid Hoffman>>>, co-founder of LinkedIn>>>, had helped fund her case. Donald Trump>>>'s lawyers had used this information to question E. Jean Carroll>>>'s credibility and motives. An appeals court in 2024 upheld a $5 million jury award to E. Jean Carroll>>> and addressed her credibility, stating she plausibly forgot about the limited outside funding. The reports also suggested that the investigation might actually be centered on Reid Hoffman>>>'s nonprofit.