**E. Jean Carroll has not faced federal charges as of September 2026.** In May, the Justice Department opened a criminal inquiry tied to funding of her civil lawsuits against President Trump, with early reports suggesting scrutiny of Carroll for possible perjury in a 2022 deposition regarding nonprofit support from Reid Hoffman’s American Future Republic. Subsequent clarifications from DOJ and reporting indicated the probe centered on Hoffman and the nonprofit rather than Carroll directly, with no charges filed against her. Trump has continued appeals of the civil verdicts, including a larger defamation award still before the Supreme Court after the justices upheld the $5 million judgment in June and rejected reconsideration in August. Any future charging decision would hinge on evidence from the ongoing funding investigation, Senate confirmation dynamics for key DOJ roles, and standard prosecutorial thresholds for perjury or related offenses in a civil matter.