#trump rape trial

[liberalsarecool]

E. Jean Carroll context.

[poetry-protest-pornography]

Fuck yes. I'm sorry that the rape case was dismissed, but as it was so long ago, getting the sexual abuse charge is a huge deal.

May this be a sign of verdicts to come.

[mudwerks]

(via Donald Trump Trial Over E. Jean Carroll’s Rape Claim Begins)

Extremely rapey Florida Man goes on trial for rape

[mylionheart2]

[verycleverboy]

Just as her attorneys promised for months, attorneys for E. Jean Carroll spent the Thanksgiving holiday filing their long-threatened lawsuit accusing former President Donald Trump of rape.

The famed columnist previously leveled those allegations indirectly in the form of a defamation lawsuit, targeting Trump’s denials that he sexually assaulted her in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman in the 1990s. Such claims had long been barred under the statute of limitations, but New York lawmakers removed that hurdle with the passage of the Adult Survivors Act, which went into effect on Thursday.

(continue reading; read Carroll’s complaint here (CW for detailing alleged sexual assault and its long-term consequences. No kidding, it gets graphic in places.))

As of this writing, the proposed date for the beginning of the trial has been tentatively set for April 23, 2023.

[filosofablogger]

And In The Case Of E. Jean Carroll vs Trump ...

I’ve been silent thus far on the trial taking place in New York to decide the lawsuit brought against Donald Trump by Ms. E. Jean Carroll on the charge that he raped her some years ago.  My silence is not for lack of an opinion, but merely because I preferred to wait until the jury renders an opinion before weighing in.  Personally, I believe Ms. Carroll.  One doesn’t put something this personal…

[ausetkmt]

civil trial is set to begin this week concerning advice columnist E. Jean Carroll’s allegations that Donald Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.

Ms. Carroll first made her allegations in 2019, in a New York magazine excerpt from a book she wrote. The author, a longtime Elle magazine columnist and a former “Saturday Night Live” writer, has filed two lawsuits against the former president.

[biglisbonnews]

Judge says jurors in Trump rape lawsuit trial to be anonymous, fearing "harassment or worse" A judge is allowing the jury for Donald Trump's rape lawsuit trial to remain anonymous, citing "a very strong risk" to jurors' safety if their identities are disclosed. Because as we all by now know, wherever Trump goes, a very strong risk follows. — Read the rest https://boingboing.net/2023/03/24/judge-says-jurors-in-trump-rape-lawsuit-trial-to-be-anonymous-fearing-harassment-or-worse.html

[justinspoliticalcorner]

David Badash at NCRM:

Republicans ground the House to a halt Wednesday afternoon after U.S. Rep. Erin Houchin (R-IN) objected to remarks made by Rules Committee Ranking Member Jim McGovern (D-MA), during which he delivered a short overview of the 88 criminal charges Donald Trump is facing, and civil court findings including one deeming him an adjudicated rapist. “Take down his words,” Congresswoman Houchin declared, interrupting Rep. McGovern. “I demand that his words be taken down.” For more than one hour, according to Fox News’ Chad Pergram, the people’s business stopped as Republicans, angered by the Democrat’s factual remarks, had them investigated by the House Parliamentarian. “Donald Trump might want to be a king, but he is not a king,” Congressman McGovern observed. “He is not a presumptive king. he’s not even the president – he’s a presumptive nominee.”

“At some point,” McGovern told his congressional colleagues, “it’s time for this body to recognize that there is no precedent for this situation. We have a presumptive nominee for President facing 88 felony counts, and we’re being prevented from even acknowledging it. These are not alternative facts. These are real facts. A candidate for President of the United States is on trial for sending a hush money payment to a porn star to avoid a sex scandal during his 2016 campaign, and then fraudulently disguising those payments in violation of the law. He’s also charged with conspiring to overturn the election. He’s also charged with stealing classified information and a jury has already found him liable for rape and a civil court. And yet, in this Republican controlled House, it’s okay to talk about the trial but you have to call it a sham.” The decision to strike McGovern’s “offensive” remarks appears to have come from U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-AL), who was presiding over the chamber. He cited House Rule XVII, which Pergram reported “says House members are prohibited from impugning the motives of fellow House members, senators or the President. And in this case, the former President.”

Earlier, before Rep. Houchin demanded his remarks be stricken, McGovern also blasted Republicans for traveling to New York in their “cult uniforms,” to show support for Donald Trump at his criminal trial in Lower Manhattan. The Massachusetts Democrat told his colleagues, “my friends over the other side of the aisle have pandered to their most extreme members over and over and over again. They let the extremists kick out their own Speaker. They let the extremists dictate the agenda on the House floor. They let the extremists take down seven rule votes since January 2023 – a stunning indictment of their ability to get anything done. And speaking of indictments, Republicans are skipping their real jobs to take day trips up to New York to try to undermine Donald Trump’s criminal trial. No time to work with Democrats, but plenty of time to put on weird matching cult uniforms and stand behind President Trump with their bright red ties like pathetic props.”

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)’s speech on the House floor calling out criminal defendant Donald Trump was delivering truth bombs left and right, and it made Republicans upset, especially the part in which he said that Trump “might want to be a king, but he is not a king” and the fact that he was calling out his criminality.

Rep. Erin Houchin (R-IN) was the Republican who ordered a frivolous halt to McGovern’s speech by demanding “that his words be taken down.” Floor Presider Jerry Carl (R-AL) granted Houchin’s request, and McGovern was barred from speaking on the Floor for the rest of the day.

See Also:

NBC News: Democrat McGovern ruled 'out of order' after listing off Trump's legal woes on the House floor

Daily Kos: GOP brings House to a halt to debate whether facts are allowed

[worldofmorbidities]

Reasons why Trump shouldn't be President:

● He used a military cemetary for advertising his presidental campain, despite being a known draft-dogder.

● He basically arranged a domestic terror attack on the Congress (Jan 6 2021) because he didn't get reelected.

● According to documentation, he have been to Epstein Island numerous times.

● He have made rape jokes, such as "grab her by the pussy".

● He is actively using religion in his campain in order to gain Christian votes, while he in reality doesn't give a shit about religion.

● He advocates for the limitation of; bodily autonomy, freedom of faith, freedom of expression ect.

● His charity, The Trump Foundation, was shut down after he spent $2 million (which was supposed to go to the needy) for his own political gain.

● He have paid a porn star $130 000 as hush money after sleeping with her, which he is now undergoing a trial for.

Tell me if I missed anything:)

[anamericangirl]

You think EVERY trial involving Trump is a sham. How could that be? Your explanation for the hush money trial makes sense, sure, I’ll accept that. But the rape trial? Or him being accused of espionage? Or how they found no evidence of a stolen election? Are those all shams too?

It just doesn’t make logical sense for him to be such a target to thousands of people involved in the trials hes been a part of. How could that many people just be “out to get him” and why?

I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention the last 8 years, but they’ve been after Trump since 2016. They are constantly making shit up and spreading lies about him in an effort to get him out of the race, out of the White House. They hate Trump and they have been doing everything in their power to get rid of him from slander to illegally trying to take his name off the ballot.

Every claim they’ve made about Trump since 2016 from his racism to the Russian collusion to the hush money and all the other trials are verifiably false shams.

They have been outright lying about him for eight years and I’m supposed to believe them now? why?

If you think the explanation for why the hush money trial is a sham makes sense then that should put you on alert for the others as well. If one is a sham maybe they all are. That should be a red flag for you to be seriously skeptical of the others, not go “yeah ok this one’s a sham but the others are probably true.”

It makes perfect logical sense to me because he has been a target of these people since he first entered the race. Every time they thought they found something headlines in the media and talk show hosts were so happy because “we got him now!” Even when it turned out they didn’t have him because they were lying their assess off and making shit up yet again and got exposed. They don’t care about whether or not he’s done something illegal. They just want to “get him” and if they can’t find something they’ll make it up and if you’ve been paying attention and doing your due diligence with research (which most people don’t do and that’s why they are so easy to fool) it is blatantly obvious.

I think the odds that every charge against him is a sham is far more likely than the odds that a single one is legitimate.

What evidence is there of him being guilty of espionage? All they have is that he was holding onto documents he was allowed to have?

How does finding no evidence of a stolen election make Trump guilty of a crime? Surely I don’t have to explain how that’s clearly a sham to you. And also, they never investigated the claims of the election. You won’t find evidence you don’t look for.

I will assume every claim and every charge against him is a vicious lie until they 100% prove otherwise. With their track of record of lying to the American people to try and destroy their political enemy I will accept no less than that. They have failed to prove any of these allegations or provide sufficient evidence and I have seen no reason to believe they are true in my own research. So I will not believe it and you shouldn’t either.

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

by Eugene Kontorovich

Hamas’ grisly terror raid on Oct. 7 has proved to be the single most stunningly successful act in gaining support for the Palestinian cause—not among Israeli or American voters, of course, but among top Democratic policymakers, and their counterparts across the Western world. One might think that a campaign of unrepentant killing, torture, rape, and hostage-taking would be disqualifying for a national independence movement. But in Washington, Hamas’ ongoing crimes have resulted in much of the weight of the U.S. government being brought to bear on advancing the cause of Palestinian statehood, and its correlate, the punishment and demonization of the Jewish state.

Months of U.S. backing for the Palestinian national cause have produced glorious results for Palestinian diplomacy. Whereas less than two years ago, at a meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas, President Biden had declared that “the ground is not ripe” for renewing negotiations between Ramallah and Jerusalem, the Oct. 7 massacres made Biden change his mind—and make the establishment of a Palestinian state with all deliberate speed a central priority of U.S. Middle East policy. Since Oct. 7, four countries have recognized the “State of Palestine,” with three European states indicating their intent to do so in May. That is more recognition than the PA has won in the entire past decade (notably, only one country moved to recognize Palestinian statehood during the Trump administration).

International institutions, seeing that Israel’s protection by the U.S. has been lifted, have also showered gifts on the perpetrators of Oct. 7. In recent weeks, the U.N. General Assembly voted to upgrade the Palestinians’ status, giving them privileges reserved for member states. On Monday, the International Criminal Court charged Israel’s prime minister and defense minister with committing war crimes, placing them on a par with the terrorist leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar—a huge diplomatic coup for the terrorist group that creates a moral equivalence between it and Israel. Had Oct. 7 only managed to revive the trial of Jews for killing babies, it would have still been a triumph.

Indeed, in his first three years in office Biden was careful to avoid overtly repealing any of President Trump’s historic pro-Israel initiatives, preferring a more indirect approach that nevertheless signaled the administration’s preferences and end goals. In recent months, the administration has dropped all pretenses—making it clear that Iran, not Israel, is its favored regional client. Israel is forbidden from restoring peace to the country’s north by attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon, or from offering anything more than a token response to a massive direct attack by Iran.

By itself, the specific identity of the perpetrators of gruesome violence does not account for Western advocacy on their behalf. That is explained only by the specific identity of the victims: Jews.Share

A similar about-face applied to the question of Israel’s borders. In November 2019, then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo clarified that the United States did not view Jews residing in Judea and Samaria (“West Bank settlers,” as they are called) as a violation of international law; two months later he “disavowed” the so-called Hansell Memorandum of 1978, which used shaky legal reasoning to declare Jewish communities in the historic Jewish heartland to be illegitimate. In June 2023, the State Department circulated foreign policy guidance to relevant agencies ending bilateral scientific and technological cooperation with Israeli institutions in Judea and Samaria, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights, even as it maintained that it had not reinstated the Hansell memo.

This past February, however, the administration let it all hang out. Without bothering to present any legal analysis, Secretary of State Blinken declared that Jewish communities in those areas that had been ethnically cleansed by Jordan after 1948 were illegal (“inconsistent with international law”), going further than even the Obama administration, which had used the lesser epithet “illegitimate.”

Last month, the administration indicated it might require that Israeli-made products from Judea and Samaria no longer be labeled as “Made in Israel.”

[rapeculturerealities]

Trump liable for battery, defamation in E. Jean Carroll suit - ABC News

A jury has found former President Donald Trump liable for battery and defamation in the E. Jean Carroll case.

Carroll, who brought the lawsuit in November, alleged that Trump defamed her in his 2022 Truth Social post by calling her allegations "a Hoax and a lie" and saying "This woman is not my type!" when he denied her claim that Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s.

The former Elle magazine columnist added a charge of battery under a recently adopted New York law that allows adult survivors of sexual abuse to sue their alleged attacker regardless of the statute of limitations. Trump has denied all allegations that he raped Carroll or defamed her.

The jury awarded Carroll a total of $5 million in the lawsuit. Jury members found that Trump did not rape Carroll but sexually abused her, and awarded damages of $2 million in compensatory damages and $20,000 in punitive damages for battery.

The jury awarded $1 million in damages, $1.7 million for reputation repair, and $280,000 in punitive damages, for defamation.

[socialjusticeinamerica]

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

Ms. "Rape is sexy" and her dog named "vagina."

A liar the 1st jury found not to be credible for the R act and the 2nd jury awards $83 million in damages because Trump called her a "liar."

Interesting how Epstein Islands Reid Hoffman funded this fake case and he's funding Nikki Haley's campaign.

The jury in the second E. Jean Carroll case against President Donald J. Trump has returned a verdict awarding the sex-obsessed writer $83 million.

The clerk read the verdict, which included $7.1 million for compensatory damages, $11 million more, and a $65 million punitive cost. Carroll’s lawyers had initially asked for between $7 million and $12 million.

The money is supposed to be used for a “reputational damage repair” program for Ms. Carroll, whose publicity and income have risen since her bizarre story about being raped by Trump in a department store in the 1990s first came to light.

By comparison, the multi-billion-dollar Bud Light is spending $7m on a Supercame to light.

By comparison, the multi-billion-dollar Bud Light is spending $7m on a Super Bowl ad to repair its reputation since its Dylan Mulvaney fiasco.

Ashlee Humphreys, the reputation repair “expert” who testified on behalf of E. Jean Carroll, admitted under cross-examination that she has no “real world” experience in the field. She is a Democratic Party donor.

The trial has been marred with bias from the judge, as well as having a tainted New York pool of evidently far-left jurors seeking to punish President Trump for his politics.

Nikki Haley donor and Jeffrey Epstein’s friend Reid Hoffman funded the case.

UPDATE – President Trump responded on Truth Social shortly after the verdict: “Absolutely ridiculous! I fully disagree with both verdicts, and will be appealing this whole Biden Directed Witch Hunt focused on me and the Republican Party. Our Legal System is out of control, and being used as a Political Weapon. They have taken away all First Amendment Rights. THIS IS NOT AMERICA!”