TPM: Time to Press Donald on Whether He Raped His Wife?

[SunSeeker]

Last edited Sat May 21, 2016, 06:44 PM - Edit history (1)

The details surrounding the alleged rape are bizarrely novelistic even by Trumpian standards. According to Ivana, Trump was driven to freakish rage by a failed anti-baldness surgery - a so-called 'scalp reduction'. But the actions are very clear cut. According to her deposition, Trump flew into a rage, attacked her, held her down and began pulling hair out of her head to mimic his pain and then forcibly penetrated her.
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After The Daily Beast resurfaced Ivana's claims that Donald had raped her, she issued another statement saying the story, which was based entirely on her own sworn deposition, was "totally without merit." Yet again, she didn't dispute her words or the incident itself. It is true that lots of accusations get made during acrimonious divorces. But this was a pretty concrete and specific. And the author of the book that first surfaced the deposition said he'd found numerous friends of Ivana's who she had confided the incident to at the time.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/time-to-press-donald-on-raping-his-wife

[DemonGoddess]

1. Nope, that's not what our candidate wants

[Thinkingabout]

2. He isn't a good person and still thinks he needs o talk about Hillary being an enabler

[Beaverhausen]

3. No. I think Ivana is paid well to deny this ever happened.

Just my opinion but I don't think it's worth discussing. She denies it.

[TwilightZone]

4. Nah, there are plenty of things that are 100% solid that he can be hit with.

Plus, she later denied it pretty vehemently so it's a non-starter, as far as I'm concerned. And not what we should be focusing on anyway.

[BootinUp]

5. Here's what you do, don't touch it. If it spreads on its own

there's nothing connecting it to the campaign.

The Donald demonstrates all the time what kind of person he is, plenty of evidence.

[WhiteTara]

6. Aren't depositions sworn under oath

to be true? Did she commit perjury?

[SunSeeker]

9. Yes, depositions are under penalty of perjury.

I think she said the truth in her deposition, so she did not commit perjury.

In her subsequent "denials" she did not contradict the facts she attested to, she only denied that the legal effect of what he did was rape.

[Her Sister]

7. This is horrible! Explains further his covering scars/whatever with his hair !

It sounds horrible about him! What a nothing man!~

[Her Sister]

8. "Given how central a role rape accusations have played in Trump's campaign- against Mexicans, politi

Given how central a role rape accusations have played in Trump's campaign - against Mexicans, political opponents, etc. it is clearly a highly germane question, as frankly it would be for any presidential candidate.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/time-to-press-donald-on-raping-his-wife

[Rose Siding]

10. "Trump was driven to freakish rage by a failed anti-baldness surgery"

You just can NOT make this stuff up. Oh, Republican Party, you are so without dignity.

[Native]

11. Hell Yeahs! I read about this quite some time ago, and I still can't get it out of my head.

He's a freaking monster. This isn't some little petty thing he's done; this is serious shit, and these are serious stakes. Of course it needs to be out there.

[Cha]

12. Good grief!