Democrat Megadonor Behind Defamation Lawsuit Against Trump

Democrat Megadonor Behind Defamation Lawsuit Against Trump
Former President Donald Trump departs a polling station after casting his ballot in the U.S. midterm elections at Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 8, 2022. Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP via Getty Images
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Former President Donald Trump is questioning the “bias and motive” behind a defamation suit against him by a New York writer after learning the lawsuit is funded by a Democrat megadonor, Reid Hoffman, court filings on April 13 indicate.

The development is the latest in the legal saga between Trump and writer E. Jean Carroll that, according to Trump’s lawyers, taints Carroll’s case with political undertones.