Trump has launched another harassment lawsuit against an opponent.
This time it's E Jean Carroll.
The investigation is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied to her two civil lawsuits against the president one alleging he sexually abused Carroll in a New York department store in the mid-1990s, and a second for defaming her when in 2019 he repeatedly denied the assault, said she wasn't his type and claimed she made it up to boost sales of a book.
Prosecutors' theory hinges on a 2022 deposition statement by Carroll, 82, that she received no outside funding for her lawsuit, though it was later revealed that billionaire Reid Hoffman had paid some legal fees and expenses.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/exclusive-justice-department-launches-criminal-001028225.htmlCritics often describe many of these cases as "SLAPP"-style litigation (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation), meaning lawsuits aimed partly at burdening opponents with legal costs or public pressure. Trump and his allies generally argue the suits are legitimate responses to defamation, bias, unlawful investigations, or political targeting.
A fully exhaustive list would be difficult because Donald Trump and Trump-affiliated entities have filed, threatened, or supported hundreds of lawsuits over decades business disputes, media fights, election litigation, NDAs, defamation claims, and political investigations. But if you mean the broader pattern of lawsuits or legal actions against critics, investigators, former officials, media figures, and political opponents, the list includes many more names:
Former officials / investigators
* James Comey
* John Brennan
* Andrew McCabe
* Peter Strzok
* Lisa Page
* Norm Eisen
* Mark Pomerantz
* Michael Fanone (threatened litigation rhetoric/public targeting)
Prosecutors and attorneys general
* Letitia James
* Alvin Bragg
* Fani Willis
* Jack Smith
* E. Jean Carroll (countersuits and repeated litigation)
Political opponents
* Hillary Clinton
* Barack Obama (public threats/litigation rhetoric)
* Joe Biden (campaign/election litigation context)
* Kamala Harris
* Adam Schiff
* Nancy Pelosi
* Liz Cheney
* Bennie Thompson
Former allies turned critics
* Michael Cohen
* Omarosa Manigault Newman
* John Bolton
* Stephanie Grisham
* Miles Taylor
* Mary L. Trump
Media organizations and journalists
* CNN
* The New York Times
* The Washington Post
* ABC News
* CBS
* Meta
* Twitter
* YouTube
* George Stephanopoulos
* Bob Woodward
Institutions / organizations
* Pulitzer Prize Board
* Democratic National Committee
* House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack
There are also many election-related lawsuits against states, counties, election boards, and individual election workers after the 2020 election.
Whether these are viewed as legitimate legal defenses or politically motivated harassment depends heavily on perspective. Courts have dismissed a significant number of Trump's high-profile political lawsuits, sometimes with judges criticizing the legal theories involved, while some cases have resulted in settlements or partial victories for Trump.
