A report revealed that Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and a major Democratic Party donor, has been secretly funding E. Jean Carroll’s rape case against former President Donald Trump.
The revelation was disclosed during correspondence between lawyers representing Carroll and Trump, who are currently fighting over whether to postpone the trial scheduled to begin in two weeks.
Carroll alleges that Trump raped her in the 1990s, and she sued him for defamation after he called her a liar. With the passage of a new rape survivor law in New York, Carroll has filed a new lawsuit seeking a trial that would potentially award her monetary compensation and label Trump as a rapist.
Takeaways:
Reid Hoffman, a major Democratic Party donor and co-founder of LinkedIn, has been secretly funding E. Jean Carroll’s rape case against former President Donald Trump.
Trump’s legal team documented that Carroll had claimed during her deposition that she was not receiving financial support from anyone else, only to have her lawyers inform them later that she had a mystery backer.
The revelation of previously undisclosed funding is likely to fuel Trump’s ongoing claims that wealthy Democrats are working behind the scenes to undermine him.
With the passage of a new rape survivor law in New York, Carroll has filed a new lawsuit seeking a trial that would potentially award her monetary compensation and label Trump as a rapist.
Funding obtained by counsel is not a proper topic for discovery, let alone a relevant issue at trial.
Commentary: The revelation that Reid Hoffman, a major Democratic Party donor, has been secretly funding E. Jean Carroll’s rape case against former President Donald Trump is concerning. It raises questions about the integrity of the legal system and the extent to which wealthy Democrats are willing to go to undermine Trump.
The fact that Carroll’s legal team only revealed the mystery backer at the last minute is suspicious, and it is possible that the funding could have an impact on the outcome of the case.
However, it is important to remember that the issue at hand is whether or not Trump raped Carroll, and funding obtained by counsel is not a proper topic for discovery or a relevant issue at trial. The focus should be on the facts of the case, not on the funding behind it.
