In May 2023, a jury found Donald Trump guilty of sexually assaulting perverted newspaper columnist E. Jean Carroll. He was not found guilty of rape.
But none of that mattered to ABC talker George Stephanopoulos, who in March, during an interview with hardline conservative U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace from South Carolina, said He said he found Trump to be responsible for the latter.
Carroll was exonerated of the same false allegations, but former Sen. Clinton was not.
The defamation has cost the far-left ABC $15 million in damages, which it plans to pay to fund the establishment of a Trump presidential library.
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Stephanopoulos' defamation case was based on a federal lawsuit filed by Carroll against Trump alleging rape. In 1996, Trump allegedly cornered Carroll in the locker room of the luxury Bergdorf Goodman store in New York. There, she said, Trump raped Carroll.
In the first case, the jury disagreed, instead awarding Carole $5 million in damages for sexual assault and defamation for calling her allegations a hoax. awarded damages.
In the second case, a second jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million because President Trump mocked her.
The department store rape allegation sounded suspiciously like an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
In March, during an interview with Mace, Stephanopoulos highlighted the jury's decision in the original case.
Mr. Stephanopoulos inappropriately asked how Mr. Mace, a rape survivor, could support Mr. Trump as a presidential candidate.
The broadcast began with a video of Mace telling his story on the House floor. That led to Stephanopoulos' shocking question.
“You supported Donald Trump as a presidential candidate,” the former Shirnton spokesperson said.
A judge and two separate juries found him guilty of rape and defamation of the rape victim. How do you reconcile your support for Donald Trump with the testimony you just saw?
She described her experience and the shame she felt, saying Stephanopoulos' questions were “to shame me about another potential rape victim.”
Stephanopoulos replied:
“Actually, it's not meant to humiliate you. It's about Donald Trump. You supported Donald Trump as a presidential candidate. Donald Trump was found guilty of rape by a jury. Donald Trump was found guilty by a jury of defaming a rape victim.
Trump filed a defamation lawsuit that was settled by ABC on Friday. The proposed settlement included a statement that ABC added to the defamatory article on its website. “Editor's Note: ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret comments about President Donald J. Trump that George Stephanopoulos made during an interview with Congressman Nancy Mace on ABC's 'This Week.' I think” March 10, 2024. ”
As The New American reported in 2019, Carroll has twice said that what allegedly happened backstage was not rape. She told The New York Times it was a “battle.”
“I wasn't thrown on the ground and beaten to pieces,” she told CNN's Anderson Cooper. “The word rape has so many sexual connotations. This wasn't sexual. It just hurt.”
Payment, ABC
The settlement is President Trump's charitable contribution to the library's construction, the Associated Press reported.
The total damage to far-left networks was $15 million.
President Trump accused misandrist Carol of rape, but the case was dismissed. Judge Lewis Kaplan said Trump's claims were without merit. Kaplan oversaw two other cases.
Fox News has helpfully compiled far-left commentary on reconciliation.
I'm concerned about the impact this will have on others and the chilling effect this may have on people who would otherwise have criticized Donald Trump,” an MSNBC legal analyst said on Saturday. Ta.
“Given the timing, he's in great shape. This is really disturbing in terms of public trust in the criminal justice system, media trust, and who's going to be left behind,” said Los Angeles Times legal columnist Harry Littman. “Is that true?” he said. He will make the media tell the truth and he will come after them and make their lives miserable, and so far it has been successful. ”
USA Today columnist Michael J. Stern told Blue Sky that Stephanopoulos did nothing wrong.
First the LA Times, then the Washington Post, and now ABC News. They're all falling on Donald Trump.
When George Stephanopoulos said Trump “raped” E. Jean Carroll, he was using the word colloquially. It turns out that Trump is suspected of sexually assaulting her.
The reference to the Times and Post must be about their refusal to endorse candidates in this year's presidential election.
The Daily Beast's Justin Baragona is similarly worried.
“ABC awarded Trump's presidential library $15 million and his lawyer $1 million to settle a defamation lawsuit against George Stephanopoulos that said Trump was responsible for rape, not sexual abuse. “I agree to express my regret at the resolution,” he wrote of the left's imitation. X. “This sets a worrying precedent.”
“The knees are bent. The ring is kissed,” Democratic campaign lawyer Marc Elias wrote to X. “Yet another traditional news organization chooses obedience.”
The question is whether Trump will go after anyone else who has called him a rapist.
The Catturd X feed reposted far-left commentator Brian Klassenstein's claim that Trump is a rapist. “Since you have spoken much more than ABC, I would expect your judgment to be well over 15 million,” Cattard wrote. X Feed also reposted a similar false claim from TikTok “influencer” Harry Sisson.
