meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Laura Coates Live

Trump’s DOJ Launches Criminal Investigation Into E. Jean Carroll

Laura Coates Live

CNN

News

3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Breaking tonight, Trump's DOJ goes after E. Jean Carroll with a new criminal investigation.

0:09.7

The exclusive CNN reporting.

0:11.7

Plus, how are they going to make lemonade out of this one?

0:14.6

The president tells his party, he doesn't care about the midterms.

0:17.9

And later, AI data center is becoming a new political flashpoint all across the

0:22.9

country, a special debate tonight on Laricoats Live. All right, breaking tonight, it looks like

0:30.5

Trump's revenge tour may have found a new target, or newish, E. Jean Carroll. C.D.Nane was first to report that the justice department has launched

0:39.6

a criminal investigation into whether she committed perjury and this is all tied to her successful

0:45.7

civil lawsuits against Donald trump back in 23 and 24 now remember it was carroll who accused

0:53.4

trump of sexual abuse and defamation. And two separate

0:58.2

juries sided with her and awarded her about $88 million. Now, she hasn't gotten a penny yet because

1:05.4

Trump is appealing it. Now, you fast forward to today. And prosecutors are now focused on a deposition she gave that's tied to those cases, one where she reportedly said she didn't get any outside money for her lawsuit. Later, though, it was revealed that billionaire Reed Hoffman had paid some legal expenses. So that appears to be the crux of what they're looking into for this criminal investigation.

1:32.3

Now Carol's team has declined to comment.

1:35.3

So why now? Well, we don't know for sure, but the DOJ's recent track record of going after Trump's enemies is frankly inescapable.

1:45.8

And in the long list of people he doesn't like E. Jean Carroll, well, she stands in the category

1:51.8

all her own.

1:54.7

I never met this picture, which could have been AI generated, I don't know.

2:01.6

I never met her.

2:03.6

I never touched her.

2:05.6

She made up a story.

2:06.6

It fabricated 100%.

2:08.6

It couldn't have happened.

...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 20 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CNN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CNN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.