text:  No, she was funded by the Democrat Party. The New York Times has reported that Reid Hoffman, the billionaire co-founder of LinkedIn, helped pay for Carroll's lawsuits. The DNC did not pay the firm for any services from its founding in 2017 until August of 2021. Carroll started her lawsuit against Donald Trump in 2019. The DNC also paid Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Doar.