No body wants to discuss America’s great Trumpster any more.
At least our legal system doesn’t seem as apathetic as our citizens.
In any event, Congressman Ted Lieu felt that a recent court judgement deserved to be read into the Congressional Record (stay tuned, next the MAGA Republican Party will try to expunge this) so I figured it was worth posting over here:
JUDGE KAPLAN’S RULING
(Mr. LIEU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)
Mr. LIEU. Mr. Speaker, on July 19, 2023, Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan rejected Donald Trump’s request for a new trial and confirmed that Donald Trump raped E. Jean Carroll.
I must submit this court ruling into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, and I will read what the judge found. On page 43, the judge wrote: ‘‘Ms. Carroll testified that the sexual assault—the ‘rape’—of which she accused Mr. Trump involved especially painful, forced digital penetration. . . . ’’
The judge further writes: ‘‘The testimony of the outcry witnesses, [Mses.] Birnbach and Martin, corroborated the essence of Ms. Carroll’s account of a violent, traumatic sexual assault.’’
On page 44, the judge wrote:
‘‘The jury’s finding of sexual abuse therefore necessarily implies that it found that Mr. Trump forcibly penetrated her vagina.’’
The judge further writes: ‘‘ . . . in other words, that he raped her. . . . ’’
Mr. Speaker, Judge Kaplan’s memorandum opinion denying defendant’s rule 59 motion can be found at: https:// RECAP Suite — Turning PACER Around Since 2009 | Free Law Project | Making the legal ecosystem more equitable and competitive. gov.uscourts.nysd .590045/ gov.uscourts.nysd.590045.212.0.pdf.
… and a third of this country still loves the guy, doesn’t say much for the family values and morality index that guides these MAGA people.