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. https://apnews.com/article/trump-rape-carroll-trial-fe68259a4b98bb3947d42af9ec83d7db
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
