Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll

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trump is a rapist

Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

— Nick Turse (@nickturse.bsky.social) 2026-04-27T03:23:05.768Z

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/19/trump-carroll-judge-rape/

The filing from Judge Lewis A. Kaplan came as Trump’s attorneys have sought a new trial and have argued that the jury’s $5 million verdict against Trump in the civil suit was excessive. The reason, they argue, is that sexual abuse could be as limited as the “groping” of a victim’s breasts.

Kaplan roundly rejected Trump’s motion Tuesday, calling that argument “entirely unpersuasive.”

“The finding that Ms. Carroll failed to prove that she was ‘raped’ within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean that she failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape,’ ” Kaplan wrote.

He added: “Indeed, as the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that.”

Kaplan said New York’s legal definition of “rape” is “far narrower” than the word is understood in “common modern parlance.”

[walkingman]

1. No matter how many times he says he is innocent it doesn't change the facts.

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2. This made me smile

[sheshe2]

3. That was a great line from O'Donnell!

And she said it with a straight face. Great delivery!

[Cha]

4. Fuck you Demented Rapist Ghoul... Ghouls don't

get to call anyone "horrible"... especially for doing their job.

[Justice matters.]

5. Projection is strong in that horrible rapist. n/t

[Cha]

6. An inveterate Liar & a serial Projector. he must

be so ketchup singing mad at the "Manifesto".

[BaronChocula]

7. I've never said these words intending praise

Good for Nora O'Donnell.

But it's a shame the only confrontation he gets from the media on these persistent allegations is when it's from a would-be assassin's manifesto. Didn't President Biden get hammered about salacious allegations about his son's activities?

White men dedicated to the preservation of white male privilege get all the passes.

[B.See]

8. A new article. Wow. Thought that was

ALREADY settled. Or are they trying to rewrite that too?

[John1956PA]

9. I think the WAPO article referenced in the OP is from 2023.

[ColoringFool]

10. To Nora, He Didn't Deny Being A TRAITOR.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. A lot more people should have been saying "rapist" in 2024, during the election

The apathy about saying it was awful among Democrats (elected and on DU).

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Better Bowers nails it

Meanwhile, back in the real world . . .

You were found to be a rapist by a unanimous jury, Donald.

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2026-04-26T23:55:03.695Z

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13. trump wants ignore history