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Edward Helmore

Billionaire supporter of E Jean Carroll says inquiry meant to ‘silence’ Trump critics

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Reid Hoffman in New York City on 12 October 2023. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

Democratic billionaire donor Reid Hoffman has publicly said that a US justice department criminal investigation of donations he made in support of magazine columnist E Jean Carroll’s sexual abuse and defamation lawsuits against Donald Trump is designed to “silence” critics of the president.

It was reported recently that the justice department had opened a criminal inquiry into people involved in the lawsuits.

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