The DOJ is reportedly investigating a nonprofit backed by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman over donations made to help pay the legal fees of columnist E. Jean Carroll.

It sounds as if the department is targeting Reid Hoffman instead.

The DOJ is reportedly investigating a nonprofit backed by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman over donations made to help pay the legal fees of columnist E. Jean Carroll.

Whoever is the primary subject—Reid Hoffman or Carroll—the inquiry appears to constitute archetypal prosecutorial abuse.