Access Hollywood tape: If Trump gets a guilty verdict, it will be overturned because the judge allowed the tape in as some form of evidence. However, a guilty verdict means evidence, in that trial, is not a factor in the decision.
And if a woman says she was raped and can’t even narrow the event down to the day, much less the year, then she is lying.
As has been pointed out, there will not be a “guilty” verdict since this is a civil trial, not a criminal trial. He is actually not being sued for rape, but for defamation. The Access Hollywood tape is being used to imply Trump has a less than serious attitude toward sexual assault, making it easier for the jury to believe he could have assaulted Carroll. If they believe he assaulted Carroll, then they will conclude he defamed her by denying the assault, saying she was lying and calling her crazy. A very different evidentiary standard applies in a civil case than in a criminal case. Trump also did himself no favors in his deposition.
And if a woman says she was raped and can’t even narrow the event down to the day, much less the year, then she is lying.
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I haven’t been following this farce very closely.
Carroll says it happened in 1995 or 1996.(Great attention to detail)
She had at least one phony, testify that Carroll told her this story.
Did the phony specify when the allegation happened? Or is it a 1995 or 1996 deal also?
This defamation suit is a travesty, it should’ve been thrown out, but it gives Trump’s enemies in the media a chance to talk about a “rape trial.”
Which is why it was allowed to proceed. All funded by a progressive donor named Reid Hoffman.