@[email protected] to

politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months ago

A federal judge has gone to great lengths to make clear Trump really did rape E. Jean Carroll

www.motherjones.com

cross-posted to:
[email protected]

659

A federal judge has gone to great lengths to make clear Trump really did rape E. Jean Carroll

www.motherjones.com

@[email protected] to

politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months ago

cross-posted to:
[email protected]

Why state-level legal minutiae impacts what words are used to describe the former president's criminal conduct.

District Judge Lewis Kaplan has said it multiple times: Donald Trump raped E. Jean Carroll in 1996. Kaplan wrote it in May 2023, when he presided over one of the trials against Trump. And he reminded jurors of the rape this week, during the latest proceedings in the multi-layered, winding rape and defamation cases brought against Trump by Carroll.

Chat

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
18•10 months ago
The president cannot pardon state level crimes let alone state level civil judgements.
- @[email protected]
  link
  fedilink
  12•10 months ago
  The President can’t declare he won an election he lost. Didn’t stop him from trying.
- @[email protected]
  link
  fedilink
  12•10 months ago
  Okay, sure, buuut… what if his name is Donald Trump and he REEEEEALLY wants to?
  - @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    7•
    edit-2
    10 months ago
    We listen to him bitch about it for 10+ years and somehow it magically happens by some judge that throws away 100 years of presedent.
- TWeaK
  link
  fedilink
  English
  0•
  edit-2
  10 months ago
  Yeah, sure. But if Trump pardons an offense in a Republican state, criminal or civil, which way do you think the state would swing?

politics @lemmy.world

[email protected]

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to “Mom! He’s bugging me!” and “I’m not touching you!” Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That’s all the rules!

Civic Links

• Register To Vote

• Citizenship Resource Center

• Congressional Awards Program

• Federal Government Agencies

• Library of Congress Legislative Resources

• The White House

• U.S. House of Representatives

• U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

• News

• Business News

• Political Discussion

• Ask Politics

• Military News

• Global Politics

• Moderate Politics

• Progressive Politics

• UK Politics

• Canadian Politics

• Australian Politics

• New Zealand Politics

4.11K users / day
7.36K users / week
14.3K users / month
24.7K users / 6 months
19.1K subscribers
12.6K Posts
320K Comments
Modlog