The Carroll–Hoffman Lawfare Mess

As Rich Lowry and I discussed on our podcast yesterday, initial reports were that the Trump Justice Department had opened yet another criminal investigation against a Trump nemesis — this time, the author E. Jean Carroll, who successfully sued Trump to the tune of nearly $90 million for sexual assault and defamation. Later yesterday, the DOJ denied that Carroll is the focus of an ongoing inquiry.

It appears, instead, that prosecutors’ crosshairs are trained on Reid Hoffman, the left-leaning, billionaire founder of LinkedIn.

As Rich Lowry and I discussed on our podcast yesterday, initial reports were that the Trump Justice Department had opened yet another criminal investigation against a Trump nemesis — this time, the author E. Jean Carroll, who successfully sued Trump to the tune of nearly $90 million for sexual assault and defamation. Later yesterday, the DOJ denied that Carroll is the focus of an ongoing inquiry.

It appears, instead, that prosecutors’ crosshairs are trained on Reid Hoffman, the left-leaning, billionaire founder of LinkedIn.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.