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EXCLUSIVE: Bar Complaint Rejected After Claims E. Jean Carroll Lawyer Concealed $7 Million Funding Source for Trump Lawsuit

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The lawyer for E. Jean Carroll will not face any sanction for not immediately disclosing that a major Democrat donor funded Carroll’s sexual assault lawsuit against President Donald Trump.

The New York State Attorney Grievance Committee of the New York State Supreme Court sent a letter Monday to the watchdog group National Legal and Policy Center dismissing the complaint against Roberta Kaplan, Carroll’s lawyer in the case, according to a committee letter shared with the Daily Signal. Carroll won a recent $5.8 million payout from President Donald Trump in a sexual assault lawsuit.

In July, the National Legal and Policy Center filed a bar complaint with the Attorney Grievance Committee against Kaplan, alleging she was not transparent about left-leaning billionaire Reid Hoffman, a co-founder of LinkedIn, helping fund Carroll’s lawsuit. Tax filings from 2023 for Hoffman’s nonprofit, American Future Republic, show it paid $7 million to Carroll’s lawyers to help cover legal expenses.

In October 2022, Carroll was asked under oath if “anyone else [is] paying your legal fees.” Carroll answered, “No.”

The National Legal and Policy Center’s complaint says, “At that moment, Kaplan knew that answer was false but waited almost six months later, until the eve of the trial, to correct the record by informing opposing counsel and the court that Hoffman had funded the........

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