DOJ opens a criminal perjury investigation into E. Jean Carroll over legal-funding testimony

The DOJ opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll on May 27, 2026, examining whether she committed perjury in a 2022 deposition when she said she had received no outside legal funding. The probe is run by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Illinois; it follows disclosure that Reid Hoffman paid some of Carroll's legal expenses. The investigation runs parallel to a DOJ Westfall Act motion to void Carroll's $83.3 million defamation judgment against Trump.