Posted on 05/09/2023 1:02:55 PM PDT by Signalman
A civil jury in New York City has found President Donald Trump not guilty of raping E. Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room nearly three decades ago. The jury found Trump liable for forcibly touching, sexually abusing and battery of Carroll. They also found he defamed her. Trump will be ordered to pay Carroll $5 million in damages.
President Trump denied all of the charges and accusations. Further, he maintains he never knew or met Carroll.
"It's the most ridiculous, disgusting story. It's just made up," Trump said during his deposition in the case.
Trump's legal team has vowed to appeal the verdict.
Carroll's lawsuit against Trump was funded by Democratic mega donor Reid Hoffman.
Earlier this month, Carroll’s lawyers disclosed to Trump’s team that Carroll “now recalls that at some point, her counsel secured additional funding from a nonprofit organization to offset certain expenses and legal fees.”
Billionaire Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn who has donated millions to Democrats and liberal causes, primarily funded that nonprofit, court documents show.
BREAKING: A Manhattan jury just found Donald Trump liable in a civil lawsuit for E. Jean Carroll's claims of abuse and defamation but REJECTS her claim that he raped her in the 90s.
She's the lady who said "rape is sexy" on CNN.
Her lawsuit was also entirely funded by Democrat… pic.twitter.com/8fTgMaI7Aj
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 9, 2023 This is a breaking story, stay tuned for updates.
But it’s A-OK when Joe Biden does it.
Since denying an allegation against you is defamation now, I hope Biden has enough money to pay Tara Reade.
Tells you how bad her case was.
She said Trump said...Oh you're that lady who...
You really think Trump followed her work?? Even for a minute?
Something else bothers me...2 marriages...no children
Just deleted my LinkedIn account. This is a travesty.
RE: You are missing the point, Trump has been found liable
I’m not interested in who wins in court. I want to know the truth.
Yes, he was “found” liable ( note the quotes ), but based on WHAT EVIDENCE?
The point is and always has been and should be — DID HE DO IT? if so, what evidence was shown?
The judge’s instructions to the jury were wrong, and the finding thrown out.
1. She publicly accused him of rape (not of sexual assault).
2. He called her a liar for saying he raped her.
3. She sued him for defamation, because he called her a liar.
4. The jury, by not finding he raped her, found that he told the truth that she was a liar.
5. Truth is an absolute defense in a defamation case.
Hence, the judge mis-instructed the jury.
Since he was found liable in this case, then it’s absolutely essential that he wins in court. If only 1-2% of the voting public allows this to affect their vote that could seal Trump’s defeat in the general election, all I care about is winning and getting this case thrown out is essential.
Diehard Trump fans can say all they want how unfair all this is, it truly is off the charts wrong and unfair, but the jury verdict will stick unless he can get an appeals court to reverse the decision.
Remember OJ Simpson was found not guilty in the criminal case but liable in the civil case,
I did.
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Nope. Sorry. I inadvertently posted to you.
Gold digger scores $5 million lawyer whiplash Lenard scores too.
Justice may be blind one thing for sure so are slow witted jurists with TDS.
It was New York Jim.
the fact that the democrat party has been practicing law fare should always be pointed out and used as a reason to not trust a court ruling....
Trumps legal fees are being paid by others. Does that make you want to vomit?
Probably didn’t help Trump’s defense that the prosecution played the tape of Trump joking about groping women AND THEN played a different tape where Trump was practically invited to retract those statements and instead said something like “well, that’s what stars do!”
Boasting that he’d molested women and separately dismissing it as something famous men can do, might’ve been all it took for the jury to conclude that insufficient evidence of rape doesn’t invalidate an unrepentant confession of molestation.
How the public views the verdict is the only thing that matters.
Clearly it will cause those who hate Trump will to pump their fists while the rest of the public files it along with several dozen and 6 years of media hyperventilating, unsubstantiated charges and failed prosecutions.
Why would it be illegal to pay someone’s legal fees?
...along with 6 years of media hyperventilating and several dozen unsubstantiated charges & failed prosecutions.
Will be reversed on appeal.
Men have joked forever. Men have groped forever. Stay away from those ya dont like. 1grope deserves a kick. If you stay around and get picked on, ya should have known better.
If ya dress with half your body showing, its a come on.
Remember biden is the groper.. he showered with his daughter.. he is touchy feely with young ladies.. he did a lousy job raising his son. At a meeting on the trip to Ireland, he told his son to stand up with a gesture “I’m proud of ya.” Proud?
To hone in on a single issue you dont know if true or not... and forget things were so much better under Trump, and they cant do their dirty workbwith him at the helm.. they dont care if your grocery bill has doubled..they want a weak usable one in charge
You’re talking politics and elections again. I’m not interested in how this affects his election chances, that’s a DIFFERENT MATTER. I’m only interested in THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
I WANT TO KNOW WHETHER HE INDEED DO WHAT SHE ACCUSED HIM OF DOING! In other words, is he REALLY GUILTY of what the jury decided he did?
Winning in court does not necessarily mean that the decision conforms to the truth. Just as OJ’s victory in his criminal trial did little to prove his innocence.
If this jury decided so, on what basis? What evidence? I have not seen anyone in this thread answer my question yet.
Charmed the socks off the jury? How? They hate him from the git, otherwise they wouldn’t be on the Jury. It’s all BS anyway, a law passed after the fact ex post facto, made this case possible. Take it to the USSC and it would be tossed.
Wait until E J whatsherface finds out that her supporters got everything they wanted out of this already, and she will be alone and broke. She is too stupid to go on TV.
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