LinkedIn Co-Founder Defends Funding Trump Rape Accuser Suit (1)

Reid Hoffman, the billionaire LinkedIn co-founder who is also a major donor to the Democratic Party, is defending his role in financing a New York author’s lawsuit accusing former President Donald Trump of sexual assault — a landmark case that is set to go to trial next week.

Hoffman said Friday in a post on LinkedIn that his grant to a nonprofit backing E. Jean Carroll’s battery lawsuit against Trump fits with his drive to protect “American values” and “reinforce the importance of the rule of law, equality, and helping the disadvantaged.”

Reid Hoffman

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