Sex trafficking probe against Vince McMahon dropped

A major case that could have possibly impacted the Trump administration has been dropped.  

Vince McMahon, the founder of the WWE and husband to Linda McMahon, a Trump nominee, was recently informed the probe into alleged sex trafficking allegations has been dropped.  

Investigation Leaked 

Last February, a bombshell report broke that WWE founder Vince McMahon was being investigated for alleged sex trafficking.  

The investigation was reportedly launched after numerous lawsuits had been filed against McMahon and his company for sexual assault.  

Janel Grant, a former WWE employee, was among those staffers who sued McMahon, alleging that she had been "the victim of physical and emotional abuse, sexual assault and trafficking at WWE." 

McMahon, as do all those accused, claimed the allegations were bogus, stating, "I stand by my prior statement that Ms. Grant’s lawsuit is replete with lies, obscene made-up instances that never occurred, and is a vindictive distortion of the truth." 

Linda McMahon Named as Nominee 

Donald Trump has nominated Linda McMahon, Vince McMahon’s wife, as his nominee to lead the Department of Education.  

This nomination was already going to be difficult because McMahon’s experience as an educator was limited to about three months as a local school board member, but these allegations only fueled the challenge of having her approved.  

Dems jumped all over this, with Kristina Ishmael, an Education Department official in the Biden administration, stating, “I’ve had many friends who have their own histories and their own traumas with sexual assault that have reached out and said, ‘This is a slap in the face.’” 

Among the allegations were that the McMahons were looking the other way while key staffers were abusing staffers, including minors who were serving as ring boys, which then added the label of pedophile to the attacks.  

Case Dismissed 

On Monday, the McMahons were finally able to put this behind them when the 2nd U.S. Court of Appeals in New York ruled that the decision in the lower courts was to be upheld.  

Robert Allen, an attorney for McMahon, took a victory lap, stating, "This is simply the result of an appeal of a procedural matter that was argued five months ago. We have been in consistent communication with the government since that time and understand, with no ambiguity, that the investigation has definitively concluded and will not result in charges." 

This takes a major line of attack away from Democrats, and if they decide to pursue it, they will open themselves up to defamation suits. That is the good news.  

The bad news is that McMahon will still struggle during her confirmation hearings, as she simply does not have the experience most will want to see in this role, even though we all know the main reason that Trump named her was because she supports his vision to dismantle the Department of Education and return control to the states on this issue.