No, stop, don't even start with but Trump. If you find fault with him and can't support him you sure can't support Dems. No one lies more than Dems. And the ones that accuse Trump of lying are the Dems, while they are lying.
No he was not convicted of rape. And I don't believe her, at all. And it has nothing to do with Trump. She was interviewed by Anderson Cooper and said "most people think of rape as being sexy". Who? I don't know one woman in her right mind who would think that. I don't believe her story even a little. Any more than I believed the one who went after Judge Cavanaugh. She's a kook, you can tell when she was being interviewed. She seemed to be flirting with Cooper, who is gay of course, so she was wasting her time. I don't care who she had accused I don't believe her nor the one that accused the judge.
I understand what you mean because although he was found guilty by a jury and convicted of sexual abuse how can we be sure he really did what he was found guilty of.The judge said he was guilty but you don't accept his ruling.
The answer depends on whether you are looking for a legal definition or a layman's definition, as there was a significant distinction made by the court.
In May 2023, a federal jury in New York reached a verdict in the civil lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll. Here are the key details:
1. The Legal Verdict: "Sexual Abuse"
Under the technical legal definition in New York at the time, the jury did not find Donald Trump liable for "rape."
• The Reason: New York law specifically defined rape as non-consensual penetration of the vagina by a penis.
• The Finding: The jury instead found him liable for sexual abuse (battery), which covered forcible, non-consensual penetration with fingers. They also found him liable for defamation for calling Carroll’s claims a "hoax."
2. The Judge’s Clarification: "Rape" in Common Parlance
Following the verdict, Trump’s legal team argued that the jury had "exonerated" him of rape. However, Judge Lewis Kaplan issued a strong clarification in a July 2023 ruling:
• He stated that the jury’s finding—that Trump had forcibly and non-consensually penetrated Carroll’s vagina with his fingers—is what is commonly understood as rape in everyday language and in many other legal jurisdictions.
• The judge wrote that the jury’s verdict meant they found Carroll's claim of being raped "substantially true," even if it didn't meet the specific, narrow requirements of the New York Penal Law at the time.