"The probe is just the latest among a series of investigations launched by the department into political foes of President Trump, a number of which have faced significant obstacles in the courts and grand juries."

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JeffytheB is going to really hate this Lawfare!

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"Trump Calls in Ghislaine Maxwell for a Favor in $10B Lawsuit"

President Donald Trump is turning to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell as he resurrects his lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over an article about a lewd birthday letter bearing his signature sent to Jeffrey Epstein.

The president refiled his $10 billion lawsuit on Wednesday after a federal judge threw out his first lawsuit in April, finding he had not sufficiently alleged "actual malice," the legal threshold required in defamation suits involving public officials."

Well said, Lamp.

"E. Jean Carroll still terrifies Trump

Justice Department efforts to rewrite history show #MeToo still matters

But Trump can't let it go, and he has tied the 82-year-old Carroll up in appeals courts, where he continues to make shameful and dishonest accusations against a woman he has already been held liable for defaming and assaulting.

He continues to insist she lied, even as he once veered very close to admitting he did it by falsely saying she enjoyed being assaulted.

Now the Justice Department, which has grown even more flagrantly corrupt under the leadership of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche " who served as Trump's private lawyer during both of Carroll's trials " has opened a criminal investigation into Carroll."

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"There's a strong chance this investigation will lead nowhere. Trump's Justice Department has already developed a reputation for bringing baseless, politicized cases that fall apart in court but still serve to appease the president's sadistic aspirations.

The logic is haywire: Not only is Trump reminding the public about E. Jean Carroll's accusations, the case could be as doomed as the recent phony charges the department has brought against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

The reported investigation into Carroll is about more than the president's bottomless narcissism. It's part of a larger, ongoing backlash against the #MeToo movement."

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- accused at least six prior men of raping her

She never said that:

"However, the specific narrative that she "accused six prior men of raping her" is a misleading distortion of her account. In these publications, the six incidents detailed a range of misconduct rather than six separate accusations of rape."