• rayyy@piefed.social
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    In his criminal mind, they can’t prove it so he can lie about it but EVERYBODY knows exactly who they are referring to when they mention pedophile and rapist. Releasing the unredacted Epstein files is his greatest fear - people will die before he allows it.

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      He wasn’t convicted of the crime of rape because he hasn’t, to date, been criminally charged with rape. He was sued civilly by E. Jean Carroll for sexual abuse and defamation, and found by a jury liable for both acts. Which means the jury found that sufficient evidence existed that he did sexually abuse her even without a criminal conviction for rape.

      The judge later clarified that the acts that the the jury found him liable for, forcible penetration of the vagina with his fingers, do constitute first degree rape under New York law. And first degree rape in New York has no statute of limitations. Were he to be tried for rape, the evidence in the civil suit would be admissible and he would almost certainly be convicted of rape. Weird that hasn’t happened, but here we are.

      So technically, he is not a convicted rapist as he has yet to be criminally charged and tried for rape. But he has also been determined by a court and a jury to have absolutely sexually abused E. Jean Carroll in a manner that constitutes rape under New York law. “Rapist love this one weird loophole.”

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        He paid her 78 million dollars specifically so that he wouldn’t have to take a DNA test to prove his innocence.

        Hmmmm

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      Well, the usa passed a law that makes a tomato a vegetable instead of a fruit, so labels don’t mean much there (neither does law anymore), so who knows? I agree though because of the “walks like a duck” logic.

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        “Vegetable” isn’t a real scientific term. Nothing is stopping a fruit from also being a vegetable

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        As far as I’m aware, the supreme court made a ruling on that, but that’s not the same as passing a law. Are you conflating the two or do you have additional sources? Because I can’t find any evidence that was made a law.

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      The topic was “White House Correspondents Dinner” and was planned way ahead of time. The reporters were just quick to adapt to the real story of the dinner.

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        Doesn’t make sense. If O’Donnell is in league with Trump, then why would she be butchering Trump like this?

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          Ever seen good old Babylon 5? When the corrupt president seizes the media and uses it for propaganda etc. There are still good people in the media, but they can’t be openly critical or they will be removed. Subtle jabs like this are pretty much all they’ll be willing to risk.

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            But if this is all a plot by the US government, and the assassin is presumably in on it, then why would the manifest be talking about pedophiles at all? That is not the kind of fake manifest Team Trump would have written.

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              I was joking, I don’t think it was staged because they looked like idiots.

              But if they were to stage it, what do you think they would put on the manifesto? They hate him for having too nice hair? They would want to associate the people who criticizes them with madness and violence.

              I guess they hate enough people they could have used Muslims, trans, black… Hell even greenlandish as scapegoats.

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                But if they were to stage it, what do you think they would put on the manifesto? They hate him for having too nice hair?

                Fox News demonizes a caricature of Democrats every single day. I don’t watch Fox News, but surely Fox News would be able to write such a “manifest”. It would probably include mentions of stuff like “antifa”.

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                  Antifa is not hot right now. They could use it to try to shift focus, but if the war didn’t make it I don’t think that would.

                  “You have Epstein derangement syndrom” is something they might want.

                  Again, I don’t think it’s staged, I just think they might want to change the perception with that of it was.

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      He was determined by a jury in court to have sexually abused E. Jean Carroll too. While the case was a civil suit for sexual abuse (and defamation), not a criminal charge for rape, he was still determined to have committed specific acts that do constitute first degree rape under New York law, a crime for which there is no statute of limitations. In other words, he’s not a convicted rapist, but still definitely a rapist, just an as yet unconvicted one.

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        “So what about this statement someone else made?”

        “You’re a shitty person for repeating words and I assumed you were shit and so now I’m calling you shit to deflect…”

        “Yes well uh gosh Mr president okay…”

        Fucking incompetence…

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          It’s shocking how awful journalists are in this country. They NEVER follow up when politicians blatantly lie to their face. It’s fucking shameful.

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          That’s O’Donnel which means CBS right? Which is basically Trump little bitch propaganda network now. Since he can fire Colbert because he’s Ass hurt, and he can fine 60 Munutes, also because he’s ass hurt.

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      It’s been real since at least the 80s. Imagine the busses full of execs and millionaires and collaborators who stayed quiet all this time to make sure he got where he is today. None of whom we will talk about once the chief pedo is dead.