Trump Is A Rapist
Judge finds that Trump did "rape" Carroll
In a July 19, 2023, memorandum opinion, Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over the trial, demonstrated Trump "raped" E. Jean Carroll in the plain sense of the word.[*] He clarified that despite the "far narrower definition" of rape under New York's statute, as the term is understood "in common modern parlance", and, citing definitions from the US Justice Department and the American Psychological Association, "the jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that":
"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."
The former requires forcible, unconsented-to penetration with one's penis. But he said that the conduct the jury effectively found Trump liable for — forced digital penetration — meets a more common definition of rape. He cited definitions offered by the American Psychological Association and the Justice Department, which in 2012 expanded its definition of rape to include penetration "with any body part or object."
*Shamsian, Jacob (July 19, 2023). "Donald Trump raped E. Jean Carroll even though he was found liable only for 'sexual abuse,' judge rules". Business Insider. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
Ask yourself this: When you hear of a person who is raped with an object, does that change your perception of the perpetrator? When you hear the horrific tale of a baby or toddler raped, yet penetration occurs digitally, does that change your perception? Rape is rape. Perhaps there are legal nuances as to technical terms but we all know rape when we hear it. Whether forced sodomy, traditional rape, or some other aberration, rape is rape and Donald J Trump is a rapist.
