Billionaire Dem donor defends bankrolling Trump accuser's rape lawsuit as judge seals funding docs
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A Democratic megadonor admitted he's funding a rape lawsuit against Donald Trump, raising questions about why the accuser's attorneys are trying to keep relevant documents hidden.
"While Trump's legal team has characterized my support of Carroll's lawsuit as 'secret,' I want to be clear that I've never taken any steps to hide the financial support that I have provided to this lawsuit after it started," wrote Hoffman. "Secondly, and more importantly, while media attention is focused on this specific story, let's not forget the overall point: the rule of law and the ideal that our courts are a mechanism of justice for all citizens, not just those with enough money and power to rig the game in their favor." Aaron Kliegman is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital.
Carroll, a journalist and advice columnist, accused Trump of raping her in a Bergdorf Goodman department store changing room in the 1990s. Trump denied the allegations and called Carroll a liar. In response, Carroll filed a defamation lawsuit against the former president that remains pending, and a battery lawsuit scheduled to begin trial next week in Manhattan federal court. Lawyers for Trump tried unsuccessfully to delay the case.