米司法省は、E・ジーン・キャロル氏がトランプ前大統領を相手取り勝訴した民事訴訟の費用負担について調査を開始した。本調査は、イリノイ州北部地区連邦検事局が主導している。
今回の調査は、ニューヨーク州で2023年に下されたキャロル氏の勝訴判決に端を発している。同判決でキャロル氏は、性的暴行および名誉毀損に対する損害賠償を勝ち取った。続いて2024年には、名誉毀損に関して二度目の判決が下されている。当局者は、訴訟資金の調達方法に焦点が当てられているとしているが、専門家は訴訟費用を支払うこと自体は違法ではないと指摘している。
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up President Donald Trump’s appeal of a $5 million civil verdict won by writer E. Jean Carroll, leaving intact a jury finding that Trump sexually abused Carroll and defamed her by denying her account.
The U.S. Department of Justice is reportedly opening a criminal investigation into whether E. Jean Carroll committed perjury in her civil cases against President Donald Trump. Carroll was awarded a total of $83.3 million in damages from the proceedings.
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The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll regarding her disclosure of legal funding in her lawsuits against President Donald Trump. A related probe targets donor Reid Hoffman and his affiliated nonprofit.
An appellate court has granted Mary Trump access to documents she says will help prove she was fraudulently induced into a 2001 Trump family settlement after Fred Trump Sr.'s death.
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President Trump created a taxpayer-funded fund of $1.8 billion to compensate his allies, including January 6 rioters, along with a provision granting IRS immunity to him and his family.
Lawyers for two lawsuits urged a U.S. district judge this week to halt plans to close the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for two years of renovations. The suits target President Trump and the center's board, citing lack of congressional approval and unauthorized changes to the building. Representative Joyce Beatty also seeks removal of Trump's name from the venue.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to hold a two-day confirmation hearing on July 15-16 for Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as U.S. Attorney General. Blanche, the Acting Attorney General and a former Trump defense lawyer, is expected to face questions about his independence and about a controversial settlement tied to an “anti-weaponization” fund.