Trump verdict in (civil rape case)

[bronxgirl]

www.cnbc.com/2023/05/09/trump-rape-defamation-trial-jury-gets-instructions-from-judge-.html

Verdict is in on Trump civil rape case. Jury said no to Trump guilty of rape, but yes to sexual abuse and all other counts. Roughly about 5 million reward. 

[Deleted]

How likely do we think it'll be that he actually pays it? (note: I know nothing about how settlements like this work).

[Velar Fricative]

May 9, 2023 14:28:24 GMT -5 @rebeccawelton said:

How likely do we think it'll be that he actually pays it? (note: I know nothing about how settlements like this work).

I’m sure he’s fundraising from his voters as we speak.

[smock]

I'm glad E. Jean Carroll won her lawsuit, but I'm baffled why the jury said Trump is liable for sexual battery but not rape.

[bronxgirl]

May 9, 2023 14:28:24 GMT -5 @rebeccawelton said:

How likely do we think it'll be that he actually pays it? (note: I know nothing about how settlements like this work).

I'm sure he'll try to fund raise off of it.  

[bronxgirl]

May 9, 2023 14:32:13 GMT -5 smock said:

I'm glad E. Jean Carroll won her lawsuit, but I'm baffled why the jury said Trump is liable for sexual battery but not rape.

This is what I heard on MSNBC:

TW: graphic description


She testified that she was unsure if he penetrated her with his penis, or just his fingers. I'm pretty angry about the distinction, but that supposedly is the reasoning. 

[smock]

Thanks for the explanation, bronxgirl. I hope Trump gets to listen to a lot more guilty verdicts over the next year.

[NewOrleans]

I saw a clip here and there of his deposition when he was asked about the “grab them by the pussy” tape. His response was like 🫨

[bronxgirl]

May 9, 2023 14:57:50 GMT -5 NewOrleans said:

I saw a clip here and there of his deposition when he was asked about the “grab them by the pussy” tape. His response was like 🫨

Yes, he really did himself in with that, along with claiming it couldn't have happened because she wasn't his type, but later mistook her for his wife Marla Maples. 

[NewOrleans]

May 9, 2023 15:11:47 GMT -5 bronxgirl said:

May 9, 2023 14:57:50 GMT -5 NewOrleans said:

I saw a clip here and there of his deposition when he was asked about the “grab them by the pussy” tape. His response was like 🫨

Yes, he really did himself in with that, along with claiming it couldn't have happened because she wasn't his type, but later mistook her for his wife Marla Maples. 

For anyone who doesn’t know what we’re talking about

Attorney: "That's what you said, correct?"
DT: "Well, historically, that's true with stars. If you look over the last million years, I guess that's been largely true.  Unfortunately or fortunately."

😑

[mrsd2006]

There will be appeal after appeal. They will drag it out for years.

[maudefindlay]

And CNN is airing a Trump Town Hall tomorrow night 😠

[meganew]

May 9, 2023 18:37:51 GMT -5 maudefindlay said:

And CNN is airing a Trump Town Hall tomorrow night 😠

Yes, why the fuck is this happening?? I haven’t watched the tv news in a while, but I thought they had generally stopped airing his speeches and rallies. Now they’re giving him his own town hall? Wtf?

[maudefindlay]

May 9, 2023 19:10:45 GMT -5 meganew said:

May 9, 2023 18:37:51 GMT -5 maudefindlay said:

And CNN is airing a Trump Town Hall tomorrow night 😠

Yes, why the fuck is this happening?? I haven’t watched the tv news in a while, but I thought they had generally stopped airing his speeches and rallies. Now they’re giving him his own town hall? Wtf?

I know right? Have a Republican Town Conference, but not one just for him. His criminal acts are many and continuing to treat him as a candidate just legitimizes MAGA and what they want.

[bronxgirl]

May 9, 2023 18:37:51 GMT -5 maudefindlay said:

And CNN is airing a Trump Town Hall tomorrow night 😠

Fuck CNN. I obviously won't be watching this, but I dread all the clips that the shows I do watch will show.

[cous0226]

May 9, 2023 19:10:45 GMT -5 meganew said:

May 9, 2023 18:37:51 GMT -5 maudefindlay said:

And CNN is airing a Trump Town Hall tomorrow night 😠

Yes, why the fuck is this happening?? I haven’t watched the tv news in a while, but I thought they had generally stopped airing his speeches and rallies. Now they’re giving him his own town hall? Wtf?

Because they want the tucker voters? I don’t know it’s so fucked up. Also am sure he had a say in who could run the town hall. I would have preferred Jake Tapper or Dana Bash but there is no way he’d have them question him.

[basilosaurus]

Too bad this was civil, not criminal. But I'm hopeful for future criminal verdibts. Lock them allll up!

[neverfstop]

May 9, 2023 18:37:51 GMT -5 maudefindlay said:

And CNN is airing a Trump Town Hall tomorrow night 😠

I won't give them ratings, but I'll be watching this closely.....this is is first interaction with the media in a while & actually answering questions and facing voters... Is it too much to wish for that this is a disaster for Trump?

From politico www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2023/05/10/how-cnn-is-getting-ready-for-trumps-return-00096166

At the center of the drama will be Collins, who was famously tough with Trump and his deputies during his administration. More on their clashes from Kelly Garrity

Previewing the event, AP’s David Bauder captures the tightrope she will have to walk: “Collins must give audience members the chance to ask questions while determining when to step in with her own. She’ll weigh how to correct misinformation in a potentially hostile environment: Invited town hall participants are those who expect to vote in a Republican primary.”

We’re told Collins has been steadily prepping since the town hall, which has been in the works for months, was finally confirmed two weeks ago. The anchor has stepped away from her morning-show duties since Friday, spending hours meeting with producers, network CEO CHRIS LICHT and top execs MARK PRESTON and DAVID CHALIAN at a New Hampshire hotel.

A senior CNN staffer played Trump in the prep sessions, we’re told, and last night, Collins and team hit the stage at Saint Anselm going through staging and lighting.

The network’s choice to do a live event with Trump, whose farrago of falsehoods can defy live fact-checking, has been met with sharp criticism. “I find it very hard to defend the choice to give him a live platform, no matter how it is dressed up,” MSNBC host CHRIS HAYES put it last week.

CNN has pushed back by noting the obvious: Trump’s the Republican frontrunner, a former president and the de facto leader of the Republican Party. But inside the network, there are concerns about how the event — pitched as a forum with Republican voters, not a gloves-off showdown — will come off.

The pressure has landed squarely on the 31-year-old Collins, but folks familiar with her prep say if she is nervous, she’s not showing it.

[shauni27]

I was listening to NPR this morning and they listed all the trials and charges he is facing, on top of being a twice impeached president, who is running for president again. While it was staggering to hear, all I could think was his hard core base is going to use this as a reason TO vote for him. That no president has ever dealt with so much before and that it is clearly manufactured to make him look bad.

And I got defeated again.

[bronxgirl]

May 10, 2023 7:08:18 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

I was listening to NPR this morning and they listed all the trials and charges he is facing, on top of being a twice impeached president, who is running for president again. While it was staggering to hear, all I could think was his hard core base is going to use this as a reason TO vote for him. That no president has ever dealt with so much before and that it is clearly manufactured to make him look bad.

And I got defeated again.

I know the feeling.

[shauni27]

May 10, 2023 18:44:30 GMT -5 bronxgirl said:

May 10, 2023 7:08:18 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

I was listening to NPR this morning and they listed all the trials and charges he is facing, on top of being a twice impeached president, who is running for president again. While it was staggering to hear, all I could think was his hard core base is going to use this as a reason TO vote for him. That no president has ever dealt with so much before and that it is clearly manufactured to make him look bad.

And I got defeated again.

I know the feeling.

on NPR this morning they did a piece by a Republican strategist who admittedly hates Trump and she said that 70% of the republican voters still just love him and parrot whatever he says. 

[basilosaurus]

Tuberville (Sen from AL) said the trial made him want to vote for TFG twice. Solidarity among all the old white men who've harrassed and assaulted women in the past and are pissed they're finally getting a modicum of consequences. When they talk about the good ol' days, assault of women with impunity is what they're referring to.

[neverfstop]

May 11, 2023 8:19:13 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

Tuberville (Sen from AL) said the trial made him want to vote for TFG twice. Solidarity among all the old white men who've harrassed and assaulted women in the past and are pissed they're finally getting a modicum of consequences. When they talk about the good ol' days, assault of women with impunity is what they're referring to.

Tubervillie is trash...
www.al.com/news/2023/05/tuberville-on-white-nationalists-in-the-military-i-call-them-americans.html 

Asked if white nationalists should be allowed to serve in the military, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL): “They call them that. I call them Americans.”

[basilosaurus]

May 11, 2023 9:30:39 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

May 11, 2023 8:19:13 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

Tuberville (Sen from AL) said the trial made him want to vote for TFG twice. Solidarity among all the old white men who've harrassed and assaulted women in the past and are pissed they're finally getting a modicum of consequences. When they talk about the good ol' days, assault of women with impunity is what they're referring to.

Tubervillie is trash...
www.al.com/news/2023/05/tuberville-on-white-nationalists-in-the-military-i-call-them-americans.html 

Asked if white nationalists should be allowed to serve in the military, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL): “They call them that. I call them Americans.”

Absolute trash. And, yet, a senator who holds power over so many. 

[heygrey]

www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6851546

Carroll filed for new damages because he just couldn’t keep his mouth shut on public television.