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Chicago probes Carroll's funding claim after $83.3 M Trump verdict.

5/30/2026

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Prosecutors in Chicago are probing whether plaintiff E. Jean Carroll perjured herself about lawsuit funding.
The probe targets Carroll’s 2022 deposition claim of no outside money, contradicted by Reid Hoffman’s nonprofit.
A New York jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in her defamation suit against U.S. President Donald Trump.
An appeals court found no evidence of intentional concealment and rejected Trump’s immunity claim.
The court noted that Trump continues to appeal both judgments.

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Prosecutors in Chicago are probing whether plaintiff E. Jean Carroll perjured herself about lawsuit funding.
The probe targets Carroll’s 2022 deposition claim of no outside money, contradicted by Reid Hoffman’s nonprofit.
A New York jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in her defamation suit against U.S. President Donald Trump.
An appeals court found no evidence of intentional concealment and rejected Trump’s immunity claim.
The court noted that Trump continues to appeal both judgments.