India, May 28 -- Elizabeth Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist, faces a criminal investigation from the Justice Department after accusing Donald Trump of sexual assault. Several outlets reported on the Justice Department launching the probe into Carroll.

The investigation focuses on whether there was perjury on Carroll's part when delivering her testimony in the two lawsuits against the Republican president. Here's all you need to know about E Jean Carroll's lawsuits.

Prosecutors are hinging the case on a 2022 deposition made by Carroll, 82, that she got no outside funding for her lawsuit. In a 2022 deposition on video, Carroll had told then-Trump attorney Alina Habba that no one else was paying for her legal fees.

However, thi...