U.S. Justice Department investigates Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll (opens in new tab)

The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the writer and former magazine columnist who won two civil cases against President Trump, people familiar with the matter told CNN, CBS News and The New York Times. The inquiry focuses on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony connected to her lawsuits accusing Trump of sexually abusing her in a New York department store in the mid-1990s and defaming her after denying the allegation in 2019. Prosecut...