E Jean Carroll lied under oath about who was paying for her lawsuit against Donald Trump.
Now the Supreme Court just locked in a $5 million verdict against him anyway.
And the man who bankrolled the whole operation is currently under federal criminal investigation.
The Billionaire Behind the Curtain
Nobody knew about Reid Hoffman's money when Carroll first sued Trump.
Carroll testified under oath in 2022 that she received no outside funding for her case.
That was a lie.
Hoffman's nonprofit, American Future Republic, had secretly covered her legal bills – a group he described as dedicated to "protecting the rule of law from the threat posed by Donald Trump's scorched-earth legal methods."
When the funding was finally disclosed, the Justice Department opened a criminal probe into whether Carroll committed perjury.
Federal prosecutors in Chicago are also investigating American Future Republic for potential money laundering and obstruction.
This is the lawsuit the Supreme Court just refused to throw out.
Think about that.
A Silicon Valley billionaire secretly funded a lawsuit against a sitting president, the plaintiff may have lied under oath about it, federal prosecutors are now investigating potential crimes connected to the case – and all nine Supreme Court justices let the verdict stand without a word of explanation.
Zero Dissents From a Nine-Justice Court
The court's order on Monday was two sentences and said nothing.
No explanation. Not one dissent – not even from the three justices Trump himself put on the court.
Trump's attorneys had argued that Judge Lewis Kaplan broke federal evidence rules by allowing testimony from two other women who accused Trump of sexual misconduct decades ago, along with the Access Hollywood tape.
The Second Circuit already upheld those rulings.
The Supreme Court declined to second-guess them.
Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan – same last name, no relation to the judge – had told the justices the question was "not worthy of review."
They agreed.
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The legal fight is nowhere near over.
Carroll won a separate $83.3 million defamation verdict in a second trial, and that case is still working through appeals.
Combined with interest, Trump now owes Carroll more than $100 million across both cases.
Trump's legal team didn't mince words after Monday's ruling: "The American People stand with President Trump as they demand an immediate end to all of the Witch Hunts, including the Democrat-funded travesty of the Carroll Hoaxes."
This Is Exactly What Clinton v. Jones Started
Bill Clinton tried to stop Paula Jones from suing him while he was president.
The Supreme Court said no in 1997 – a unanimous court holding that a sitting president has no immunity from civil lawsuits for conduct that predated his presidency.
Democrats celebrated that ruling.
They spent decades citing Clinton v. Jones as proof that no one is above the law.
Now those same Democrats are using that exact precedent as a weapon – funding eight-figure civil suits against a president they couldn't beat at the ballot box.
Clinton settled for $850,000 and the country moved on.
Trump's total exposure is now well past $100 million.
The difference isn't the law.
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The difference is an organized, billionaire-funded machine running litigation as a political strategy – and Hoffman admitted it openly.
That's not legal advocacy. That's a war.
What Comes Next
Trump's team has signaled they want the Supreme Court to consider both Carroll cases together in the next term, which runs October 2026 through mid-2027.
The $83.3 million defamation verdict – the big one – still has a shot at the high court.
Meanwhile the DOJ investigation into Carroll's potential perjury and Hoffman's nonprofit is ongoing.
A sitting president is managing the border, fighting trade wars, and rebuilding the American economy – while defending himself against three decades of litigation funded by one of Silicon Valley's biggest Democrat donors.
Democrats learned from Clinton v. Jones that courts could be weaponized against a president.
Reid Hoffman just showed them how much further that weapon could go.
Sources:
- Trump v. Carroll, No. 25-573, Order Denying Certiorari, U.S. Supreme Court, June 29, 2026.
- Statement from Trump legal team spokesman, June 29, 2026.
- Reuters, "US probes Reid Hoffman group over funding lawsuits against Trump," May 29, 2026.
- SCOTUSblog, Trump v. Carroll case docket, 2026.