Revealed: White House liaison sought derogatory info on E Jean Carroll from DoJ official

[sabra]

Source: The Guardian

The White House liaison to the Department of Justice (DoJ), Heidi Stirrup, sought out derogatory information late last year from a senior justice department official regarding a woman who alleges she was raped by Donald Trump, according to the person from whom Stirrup directly sought the information.

The revelation raises the prospect that allies of the US president were directly pressing the justice department to try to dig up potentially damaging information on a woman who had accused Trump of sexually attacking her.

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Stirrup apparently believed the justice department had information that might aid the president’s legal defense in the suit. The attorney who Stirrup sought information from regarding Carroll said that Stirrup approached them not long after a judge had ruled the justice department could not take over Trump’s defense.

Stirrup asked if the department had uncovered any derogatory information about Carroll that they might share with her or the president’s private counsel. Stirrup also suggested that she could serve as a conduit between the department and individuals close to the president or his private legal team.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/14/heidi-stirrup-doj-trump-e-jean-carroll

[secondwind]

1. This POS belongs in jail.......... ugh

[MLAA]

2. Hope she never gets another decent job.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Sounds like another crime committed. Add it to the menu of future charges. nt

[johnnyfins]

4. Hmmmm. Hairball wouldn't have sent her if he wasn't worried...

I wonder why he's worried. If he's innocent, all he has to do is submit his DNA sample. I think we all know why he's worried.

[Eugene]

5. This Trump minion is consistently corrupt, if nothing else.

From December: Trump aide banned from Justice after trying to get case info

WASHINGTON (AP) — The official serving as President Donald Trump’s eyes and ears at the Justice Department has been banned from the building after trying to pressure staffers to give up sensitive information about election fraud and other matters she could relay to the White House, three people familiar with the matter tell The Associated Press.

Heidi Stirrup, an ally of top Trump adviser Stephen Miller, was quietly installed at the Justice Department as a White House liaison a few months ago. She was told within the last two weeks to vacate the building after top Justice officials learned of her efforts to collect insider information about ongoing cases and the department’s work on election fraud, the people said.

https://apnews.com/article/heidi-stirrup-banned-justice-department-7624560e990ec55383a2a3e421c3a52e