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Judge in Carroll Case Says Trump ‘Raped’ Her, Though Jury Disagreed
Breitbart ^ | 07/25/2023 | JOEL B. POLLAK

Posted on 07/25/2023 8:35:59 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

U.S. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan says that former President Donald J. Trump may be said to have “raped” E. Jean Carroll, even though a jury specifically declined to find that he had done so in his recent civil trial in New York.

Aaron Blake of the Washington Post reported the judge’s finding — approvingly, calling it a “clarification”:

[Kaplan] says that what the jury found Trump did was in fact rape, as commonly understood.

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.

“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.

The jury found that Trump had not raped Carroll, but found him liable for sexual abuse and battery, based on claims about an encounter in a department store dressing room, though Carroll could not remember the year

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To: Sirius Lee

[[The judge shouldn’t be allowed within a mile of any aspect of the legal profession.]]

Needs repeating- the judge violated their OATH before God and country to uphold the rule of law and make sure a fair trial happened. The judge is an agent of evil for violating that oath out of personal bias- God is very serious when he warns judges to be impartial and honest and fair!

God says to the wicked, “You rejected the mercy and grace of heaven, so I will give you the plain logic of earth: you will receive what you deserve before the holy court of My justice.”


41 posted on 07/25/2023 9:31:01 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: clintonh8r
If I were on any jury hearing any of the pending cases against Trump I could guarantee a hung jury.

Freerepublic has a rule against bragging I think. ;)

42 posted on 07/25/2023 9:32:55 AM PDT by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

There it is.


43 posted on 07/25/2023 9:34:07 AM PDT by sauropod (Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trump raped here so bad she can’t remember the year.


44 posted on 07/25/2023 9:34:19 AM PDT by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Kaplin is just another natural-born liar.


45 posted on 07/25/2023 9:34:35 AM PDT by euram (allALL)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Judge Kaplan is demented

No, just another zombie Democrat. And he's almost as old as Biden, so he's never going to see anything outside his Manhattan Democrat bubble.

46 posted on 07/25/2023 9:39:11 AM PDT by x
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And has not been removed from the appeal or new request.


47 posted on 07/25/2023 9:39:44 AM PDT by pas
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To: nickcarraway

I guess based on those standards Joe Biden repeatedly sexually abused his own daughter Ashley Biden..after all she wrote it in her diary and she NEVER denied it..but tell that to any commie and they will put their fingers in their ears


48 posted on 07/25/2023 9:43:04 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Menehune56

I don’t know the law on this matter, but I believe that when a judge is on his on time, not on the bench, he can be held accountable for libel or slander.


49 posted on 07/25/2023 9:45:54 AM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so bad that the federal government can not make worse.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Judge Lewis A. Kaplan

Wonder where his dots connect to

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ?


50 posted on 07/25/2023 10:16:01 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: srmanuel

Yes, in that case, the defense agrees to let the judge decide. They don’t have a jury trial and ignore it’s decision.


51 posted on 07/25/2023 10:31:14 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: ChicagoConservative27

By a preponderance of the evidence, I say screw the evidence./s


52 posted on 07/25/2023 10:34:01 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Judge Kaplan is demented

Not demented, possessed. They all are.
53 posted on 07/25/2023 10:34:43 AM PDT by nicollo ("This is FR!")
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To: nickcarraway

If you did not have a jury then the following sentence would be untrue:

“There was a trial by jury and it was decided that Trump raped Carrol”

But thanks to having a jury, that sentence is now accurate.


54 posted on 07/25/2023 10:39:27 AM PDT by sipow
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To: sipow

“There was a trial by jury and it was decided that Trump raped Carrol”

Huh? There was a civil trial. The jury decided that Trump sexually assaulted Carrol, but did not rape her.


55 posted on 07/25/2023 10:46:26 AM PDT by ConjunctionJunction (Vim vi repellere licet)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This judge took a page from Judge Sullivan in the Flynn case, throwing in for one side without shame.

This gives Trump more traction for appeal.


56 posted on 07/25/2023 10:48:13 AM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: frogjerk

Mind-fu***d is what she is inconjuction with being mentally ill put together is just a symptom of being a woke joke.


57 posted on 07/25/2023 11:21:16 AM PDT by Jumper
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To: nickcarraway

WHEN a close member of the judge’s family ACTUALLY GETS RAPED——MAYBE she can explain the DETAILS to the judge.


58 posted on 07/25/2023 11:26:30 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“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”

Huh?


59 posted on 07/25/2023 12:09:41 PM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

MEMO TO TRUMP:

SUE THE JUDGE FOR SLANDER.


60 posted on 07/25/2023 12:14:07 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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