The E. Jean Carroll civil suit for monetary damages is ongoing.
This needs to be stated every time anyone writes anything about candidate for POTUS, Trump, and to remind Americans that MAGA and Evangelical Christians support a rapist for POTUS:
Comedy gold in the E. Jean Carroll civil trial:
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in small print... the jury in Carroll found by a preponderance of evidence...
Not nothing, but not exactly "beyond a reasonable doubt" either.
"Conclusively", Judge Kaplan? Not exactly.
The Standard of Proof
Everyone accused of a crime is presumed to be innocent until they are proven guilty. In general, crimes must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, whereas civil claims are proven by lower standards of proof, such as the preponderance of the evidence.
Civil cases typically involve disputes between parties regarding the legal duties and responsibilities they owe to one another. In general, family law disputes and personal injury cases are civil cases. These cases are handled through civil lawsuits that are prosecuted in civil court.
'Preponderance of the evidence' means it is more likely than not that something occurred in a certain way."
Trump has bragged about "grabbing 'em by the p*ssy" because when you're a star you can do it.
20+ other women have accused Trump of sexual assault or harassment.
Trump was pals with two notorious pedophiles and wished the procurer of girls for her boyfriend, Epstein, well when she was arrested.
No one's surprised to see you trying to defend the swine who was accused and then found liable for sexual assault/rape by a jury in a court of law.
Trump's in court with his Trump U.-degreed lawyer. It's no going well. Trump's never been held accountable for his behavior. Maybe if he hadn't sexually assaulted E. Jean Carroll, he wouldn't be in court today to FAFO!
Trump's lawyer, Alina Habba, just got scolded by Judge Kaplan because she didn't know how to introduce a document as a piece of evidence.
Don't they teach that in the first year of law school?
What an embarrassment!
Every failed pass by a male or female is technically "sexual harassment or sexual assault".
Grab 'em by the pussy? I guess for Trump, it only didn't work, once.
Joe Conservative said...
"Every failed pass by a male or female is technically "sexual harassment or sexual assault".
If it is UNINVITED, YES, it absolutely IS sexual harassment, and if the girl or woman is touched without permission, it is assault.
You dated yourself with that 1950s patriarchal smarmy remark. Women and girls are not in the world so that any male can "make a pass" at her whenever HE WISHES to impose himself and his "charm" on her.
This is 2024, and girls and women are having none of it anymore.
"Grab 'em by the pussy? I guess for Trump, it only didn't work, once."
26 women who were sexually assaulted or harassed would NOT agree with that inane remark.
Regarding Trump saying "I'd love it" when told he could be kicked out of the trial if he chooses to act out like a two year old.
What defendant hopes for that?
One who only wants to infect the jury, plans on using his banishment as part of his campaign and one who does not care about the rule of law, if it targets him.
Given that most defendants facing justice continually claim innocence, often through years of imprisonment, why have Trump supporters suddenly abandoned their previous support of law enforcement and the courts?
Conservatives in America have been attacking our courts since at least Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka when Spottswood Robinson and Thurgood Marshall argued successfully in the SCOTUS that black people had an equal right to education as did white people.
The response then, and continuing for years was that conservatives called the Brown decision and subsequent decisions in Obergefell, Loving, Griswold, Miranda, Roe and more, not legal, but activism.
Conservatives have never supported a judiciary that might force change upon them. Because in their mind, they're correct as they are. Why, their argument goes, should they, as a majority, have to flex for small minorities?
The courts exist in their minds, to enforce the rule of the majority, not the law.
And we're seeing that on full display now as Trump navigates the legal system.
Joe Con is a proud member of the dying class of male misogynistic minded MAGA "men". Human males will continue evolving past this lower level of being.
Dave M.
Any other defendant would have been jailed for contempt by now for his disruptive behavior.
Why is Trump getting special treatment that no other defendant would be given in a court system?
This is a man who wants to defend the laws and the constitution of the United States as POTUS, but won’t follow them himself?
And I'm sure his cultists are cheering this abominable behavior on. A lawless man leading clueless people.
Trump Defames E. Jean Carroll Again During Press Conference Immediately Following Day 2 of Trial
"Donald Trump and his attorney Alina Habba had a disastrous day in court on Wednesday in the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial. From Donald Trump nearly being kicked out of the courtroom, to Judge Lewis Kaplan practically questioning if Habba had ever tried a case in a court of law before..."
Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb roasted Alina Habba’s performance in court:
"I think he’s actually probably equally if not more frustrated with Trump’s lawyers who did some shocking things in the courtroom today...That, and responding to him at one point saying I don’t like to be talked to that way...
Plus, then she did a very you know, sort of minor league job of trying to introduce some evidence, and the judge was very patient with her. He gave her sort of two recesses or two opportunities to try to guide her through it himself, called a halt, and took a break with the hope that one of her colleagues could help her figure out how to do what it was that she intended. It was really sort of, you know, embarrassing.” —From Republicans Against Trump
Speaking of Alina Habba, after she was instructed to sit down in a case of "Courtroom Behavior 101" she told the judge she did appreciate being spoken to like that.
A lawyer scolding the judge. Yes, that's a way to win over the judge's heart.
She may be in over her head.
Maybe the Alina is doing a bad job cause she knows Trump won't pay her. Just giving him his money's worth.
Dave M.: "...she told the judge she did appreciate being spoken to like that."
I know you meant to write: "...she told the judge she DIDN'T appreciate being spoken to like that."
Happens to me all the time.
Anyway, Habba exhibited a shocking ignorance of how to properly conduct oneself in a court room, and even knowing the law.
She once said if she had a choice between being pretty or smart, she'd choose "pretty," because "you can always pretend to be smart."
Epic fail!
Joe "Truth 101 " Kelly
I heard some people who know the law say that she may be deliberately screwing up so that Trumpy can claim inadequate legal representation.
"A successful claim of ineffective assistance requires two things.
First, your lawyer must have failed to follow professional standards while representing you."
(Habba often failed to address the judge as "Your Honor" in answering his admonitions. Instead of saying "Yes, your honor," she said things like, "sure," and "okay," and did not address the judge in a professional way.)
Second, there must be a “reasonable probability” that your lawyer's poor representation negatively affected the outcome of your case.
(Trump could easily claim this since Habba demonstrated she's not a knowledgeable in or savvy about judicial procedures. The judge had to instruct her, at one point, on how to introduce a document AS EVIDENCE, something lawyers have said is taught the first year in law school.)
We'll see if her incompetence was a devious part of Don the Con's plan.
PS. Trump has already been held liable for raping E. Jean Carroll.
And every non-Trump cultist should remind Americans of that fact whenever they refer to him, for example:
Donald Trump, who was found liable for rape, etc., etc.
I want the "family values" Gooper voters to NEVER forget who they want to represent them as the leader of the free world.
It will make absolutely ZERO difference among the MAGA'ts. But, they WILL think you're a snowflake Shaw. Their attachment to a lie and other obscurations render them incapable of recognizing realitu or truth.
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