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Rape and US politics 

@Lyle No that's incorrect. The jury refused to return a verdict saying that he was a rapist.

Rape and US politics 

@volkris I see what you mean here. They don’t appear to dispute the facts but they described the encounter as “sexual assault”. Carville I guess is using shorthand, which is confusing. apnews.com/article/trump-rape-

Rape and US politics 

@Lyle Right, apparently the judge came out and made some statements that I would regard as incredibly inappropriate for a judge.

If you and I want to say that we would commonly call what the jury affirmed rape, that's one thing. But technicalities matter in law, so I've seen this going around and I don't think the judge should have spoken out in that direction.

It's more bar talk than judicial expertise

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