The May 2026 reports of a Justice Department inquiry into E. Jean Carroll’s 2022 deposition statements about outside funding from Reid Hoffman’s nonprofit for her civil suits against President Trump initially drove trader attention, with focus on potential perjury or related funding issues. The Chicago U.S. Attorney’s office quickly denied opening any investigation targeting Carroll herself, clarifying scrutiny centered on the nonprofit or litigation financing rather than her directly. No formal charges or indictments have followed in the subsequent months, despite the Trump administration’s broader pattern of examining cases involving its political opponents. Supreme Court decisions upholding Carroll’s civil verdicts in June and August 2026 removed one layer of related litigation pressure but did not alter the federal charging timeline. With resolution set for December 31, 2026, the absence of further public developments or scheduled actions keeps implied probabilities sensitive to any new DOJ steps on funding disclosures or testimony.