The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether E. Jean Carroll, the longtime advice columnist who has said President Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan department store 30 years ago, lied during the course of civil litigation against the Republican president, according to a person familiar with the matter.

  • 13igTyme@piefed.social
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    23 hours ago

    That was my thought exactly. You can call Trump a rapist without worrying about libel or slander. A judge has basically given everyone permission.

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      20 hours ago

      Not if you’re sane washing him from his side of the line. They’re complicit.