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Trump sex abuse accuser E. Jean Carroll not under DOJ investigation: Chicago US attorney

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 367 words · By Victor Nava
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Jean Carroll not under DOJ investigation: Chicago US attorney See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Jean Carroll not under DOJ investigation: Chicago US attorney See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleThe top federal prosecutor in Chicago vehemently denied reports Thursday that a probe into longtime advice columnist E.

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The denial by US Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Andrew Boutros came after multiple outlets claimed the Justice Department was investigating whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony related to her two civil lawsuits against President…

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/28/us-news/doj-opens-perjury-investigation-into-trump…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office can confirm that it has not opened — and has never opened — a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll”
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Multiple sources quote the Chicago U.S. Attorney's Office stating it 'has not opened — and has never opened — a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll.'
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the third-most populous city in the United Sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Chicago Seven, originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven, were seven defendants—Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Seven
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Thomas Elliot Gaiser (born September 6, 1989) is an American attorney who has served as the United States assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel since 2025. After graduating from t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Elliot_Gaiser
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Claim 2: “Carroll filed a second defamation lawsuit, which ended in a jury ordering Trump in January 2024 to shell out $83.3 million in damages”
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Multiple sources confirm that in January 2024, a jury ordered Trump to pay $83.3 million in a second defamation lawsuit.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 8, 2025 · The 2023 jury awarded Carroll $5 million to compensate her for both the alleged attack and statements Trump made denying after his first ...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/appeals-court-upholds-…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 13, 2026 · Today, a federal appeals court upheld the $83.3 million a jury awarded to E. Jean Carroll against President Donald Trump for defamation. Listen ...
https://www.facebook.com/scrippsnews/posts/president-donald-…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 · Trump lost the case and in January 2024, a jury ordered him to pay $83.3 million in damages. What you should know about anonymous sources ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/us/politics/e-jean-carrol…
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Claim 3: “The top federal prosecutor in Chicago vehemently denied reports Thursday that a probe into longtime advice columnist E. Jean Carroll had been launched.”
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Multiple web search results from different sources confirm that the top federal prosecutor in Chicago denied reports of a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (in case citations, N.D. Ala.) is a federal court in the Eleventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. go…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_f…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (in case citations, N.D. Ga.) is a United States district court which serves the residents of forty-six counties. These are divide…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (in case citations, N.D. Ill.) is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois. It is one of…
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Claim 4: “CNN reported that investigators were examining Carroll’s claim during a 2022 deposition that neither of her lawsuits were funded by outside sources”
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Web search results explicitly state that CNN reported investigators were examining Carroll's 2022 deposition claim regarding outside funding of her lawsuits.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The CNN Republican Town Hall with Donald Trump is a 2023 television interview hosted by journalist Kaitlan Collins that featured former president and then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. It aired…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elizabeth Jean Carroll (born December 12, 1943) is an American journalist, author, and advice columnist. Her "Ask E. Jean" column appeared in Elle magazine from 1993 through 2019, becoming one of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump is the name of two related civil lawsuits by American author E. Jean Carroll against United States President Donald Trump. The two suits resulted in a total of $88.3…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll_v._Donald_J._T…
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Claim 5: “The columnist had claimed Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman fitting room during the spring of 1996”
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Multiple sources report Carroll's allegation that Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman fitting room in the spring of 1996.
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web search NEUTRAL — E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump is the name of two related civil lawsuits by American author E. Jean Carroll against United States President Donald Trump. The two suits resulted in a total of $88.3…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll_v._Donald_J._T…
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web search NEUTRAL — Carroll wouldn’t go public with her accusations until 2019, when she wrote about the alleged assault in a book — an excerpt of which was published in New York Magazine. In October 2019, Trump claimed …
https://nypost.com/2023/04/26/e-jean-carroll-choked-during-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — She alleged that Trump thrusted himself “halfway — or completely, I’m not certain — inside me” until she was able to push him off. Trump has denied her allegations, first insisting, “I've never met th…
https://www.aol.com/news/ejean-carroll-donald-trump-sexual-a…
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Claim 6: “the president... has appealed the initial $5 million sex abuse judgment to the Supreme Court”
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Web search results confirm that Donald Trump filed a notice of appeal against the $5 million sex abuse judgment.
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2…
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web search NEUTRAL — Former US President Donald Trump has filed a court notice of appeal two days after a civil trial found he sexually abused a woman, E Jean Carroll, in a New York department store.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65566501
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump $5 Million Sex Abuse Judgment Upheld By Appeals Court New Trial Request Denied.Worth noting ... a jury also determined Trump must pay Carroll $83.3 million for defaming her -- another jud…
https://www.tmz.com/2024/12/30/donald-trumps-million-sexual-…
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Claim 7: “Reid Hoffman, the billionaire co-founder of LinkedIn and a Democratic megadonor, was later revealed to have paid some legal fees and expenses through his Chicago-based nonprofit American Future Republic.”
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Multiple sources identify Reid Hoffman as the backer who paid legal fees through the Chicago-based nonprofit American Future Republic.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump is the name of two related civil lawsuits by American author E. Jean Carroll against United States President Donald Trump. The two suits resulted in a total of $88.3…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll_v._Donald_J._T…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Reid Garrett Hoffman (born August 5, 1967) is an American Internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster, and author. Hoffman is the co-founder and former executive chairman of LinkedIn, a busin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gregory Reid Wiseman (born November 11, 1975) is a United States Navy captain, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He was the commander of the 2026 Artemis II lunar flyby mission, the first crewed flight …
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Claim 8: “Carroll, now 82, was initially awarded $5 million in May 2023 after a Manhattan federal jury found the president liable for sexual abuse and defamation.”
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Wikipedia and other sources confirm a Manhattan federal jury awarded Carroll $5 million in May 2023 after finding Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Group of Four Trees is an abstract outdoor sculpture completed in 1972 by the French artist Jean Dubuffet. Commissioned by the American banker David Rockefeller for the public plaza of One Chase Manha…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jean-Michel Basquiat ( BAH-skee-AH(T), French: [ʒɑ̃ miʃɛl baskja]; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism mov…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray; January 19, 1923 – May 31, 2013) was an American character actress of stage, television and film. Stapleton is best known for her portrayal of Edith Bunker, the per…
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