Sources: DOJ Launches Criminal Probe into Trump Accuser E. Jean Carroll

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Exclusive CNN reporting that the Justice Department is now investigating former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The investigation is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied to her two civil lawsuits against the president. Plus, five out of seven people who've been stuck in a flooded Laos cave for more than a week are located alive. Now there’s the challenge of getting them out and finding the two missing people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:17.0	sexually abused her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. They awarded Carol $5 million
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