All the news headlines and verdict said sexual abuse, which was kind of vague, but I just found out today that the judge clarified that this was a matter of legal definition and by the verdict of the trial and the case, trump has been found guilty of penetrative rape.

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    Is that the rapist Donald John Trump, the raping rapist who rapes? As in the Donald Trump who was found guilty of rape because he is the rapist Donald Trump who rapes?

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      1 year ago

      Found guilty

      Technically not, and this is an important distinction because the level of evidence required for a civil case is less than that of a criminal case.

      He has been found civilly liable for something legally distinct from rape

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        1 year ago

        To clarify, are we talking about the raping rapist Donald Trump, who was found civilly liable for being a raping racist who rapes?..THAT Donald J trump?

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          nope, it’s Donald “civally liable for acts equivalent to, but legally distinct from, rape” John “grab 'em by the pussy” Trump