Bruce Coffman
We suck. We ALL know Donald Trump is a sex offender, an adjudicated rapist. And nobody gives a single fuck. We collectively either voted for him, sat our asses at home or didn't fight hard enough to prevent him from rising to power. Again. We suck. Let me say it again: WE SUCK.
NPR reports today that "A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal by Donald Trump after a jury decision that he sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll."
You should recall, unless you're living under a damn rock, that after a civil trial with a jury of his peers in 2023, that jury determined that the plaintiff, E. Jean Carroll, was sexually abused by Donald Trump at a Manhattan department store in 1996. The jury also found that Trump defamed her in statements made in 2022. Carroll was awarded a total of $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages.
Trump appealed, because that's what Trump does. He contended the trial court judge erred in several rulings — including decisions to allow the testimony of two women who alleged that Trump sexually assaulted them in the past. He also said the judge should not have allowed the jury to hear the 2005 Access Hollywood recording where Trump described how he kissed and grabbed women without first obtaining their consent.
A three-judge panel said Trump did not demonstrate that the district court erred in any of the challenged rulings. In addition, the appeals court said none of Trump's claims affected his "substantial rights" and it did not warrant a new trial.
Trump's Chinese spokesperson, the son of Chinese immigrants, has vowed to appeal. Again and again and again and again. Because, well, that's what Trump does. Fuck this shit.
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