District Judge Lewis Kaplan has said it multiple times: Donald Trump raped E. Jean Carroll in 1996. Kaplan wrote it in May 2023, when he presided over one of the trials against Trump. And he reminded jurors of the rape this week, during the latest proceedings in the multi-layered, winding rape and defamation cases brought against Trump by Carroll.

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[–] 170 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Did she call him the rapist Donald J Trump? The same Donald Trump who raped E Jean Carroll? The woman who was raped by Donald Trump? The same rapist who also raped his wife? The same rapist Donald J Trump who described sexually assaulting woman on a radio show? The same rapist who spied on nude underage girls at his pageant? Because Donald Trump is a rapist as a matter of legal fact.

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  • [–] 88 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    A rapist who is not only sickeningly still walking free, but is the frontrunner for the Nazi party.

    I'd say that it's a new low for the Nazi party, but we all know it's not.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'd say that it's a new low for the Nazi party, but we all know it's not.

    I mean, that has more to do with how low the bar has been set. Trump has been digging diligently for decades, but the bar is halfway through the planet’s mantle.

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  • [–] 107 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Trump and his lawyers have been really pissing off both the judge and the jury with how unseriously they're treating the proceedings. They're gonna take two hours (an absurdly short time for a jury) and write a check for $15mil, I bet.

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  • [–] 65 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Trump will never pay anyone. They're going to have to garnish his pension from being president.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I am not a lawyer, but according to this site: https://www.lawyers.com/legal-info/bankruptcy/bankruptcy-basics/will-filing-for-bankruptcy-stop-a-civil-lawsuit.html

    "Bankruptcy will stop almost all civil litigation matters except for family court cases involving domestic support obligations, at least temporarily."

    He's looking at about 400 mill from the New York Fraud trial.

    This is civil litigation. He's going to pull the Rudy G. maneuver.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It wouldn’t even be the first time he’s had to declare bankruptcy. For the ultra wealthy, bankruptcy doesn’t mean you’re financially ruined; It just means the bank has a bad day when they find out you aren’t repaying them.

    There’s an old saying along the lines of “If you owe the bank $100k and can’t repay it, you have a big problem. If you owe the bank $100M and can’t pay it back, the bank has a big problem.”

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Assuming he doesn't get back in in 2024 (or 2028) and exonerate himself from his own crimes.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The president cannot pardon state level crimes let alone state level civil judgements.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    pissing off both the judge and the jury

    There’s still one other role for him to piss off if he wants to go for the trifecta.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So when is somebody going to sentence this shit weasel?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Rape has a statute of limitations. Even if he came forward and said flat out that he raped her, he can’t be charged criminally for it. He can be charged civilly though, which is why he keeps claiming it never happened.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    You yanks and your rapey presidents

    @DevCat @politics

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