Gretchen Carlson gobsmacked after DOJ launches probe of Trump assault victim

President Donald Trump’s politicized Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who successfully accused Trump of sexual assault, but former Fox Host Gretchen Carlson said she was still waiting for the DOJ to do real work.

The DOJ’s investigation is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied to hertwo civil lawsuits against the president – one alleging he sexually abused her in a New York department store in the mid-1990s, and a second for defaming her when in 2019 he repeatedly denied the assault after he was convicted by a jury of his peers.

Hearst Senior Data Analyst Editor and Columnist Phillip Bump called the probe “dubious” on a CNN panel, and suspected it would be quickly thrown out for “vindictive prosecution” if pursued.

“We treat this like it's a real case because it's the Department of Justice. …. But there's no reason for us to assume the justice department is acting in good faith. And that's an entirely new category of existence in the United States,” said Bump.

But Carlson could not seem to contain her anger at this investigation, which was one of several the DOJ has launched against Trump’s perceived enemies.

“As a nation, I think that every American should be just really p—— off tonight, because what the hell is the department of justice doing?” Carlson demanded. “What are they actually doing for the citizens of the United States of America? We are wasting time on cases that, according to legal experts, are not credible, all to fulfill the mission of one man called the president of the United States, who's on a retribution tour,” said Carlson.

“I'm sorry. I'm angry about this,” Carlson continued. “I'm angry about this. Not really about the sexual nature of the alleged crime. But as an American, like, what are we doing? What are our tax dollars paying for with this department of justice? Are there a plethora of other cases out there that they should be looking into?”

The probe is the latest attempt in the department’s efforts to target Trump’s long-standing personal foes. The DOJ is allegedly investigating ex-CIA director John Brennan over his role in a 2017 intelligence assessment concluding that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. election to help Donald Trump. And the DOJ has launched indictments against former FBI head James Comey, a vocal Trump critic.

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