Why state-level legal minutiae impacts what words are used to describe the former president's criminal conduct.

District Judge Lewis Kaplan has said it multiple times: Donald Trump raped E. Jean Carroll in 1996. Kaplan wrote it in May 2023, when he presided over one of the trials against Trump. And he reminded jurors of the rape this week, during the latest proceedings in the multi-layered, winding rape and defamation cases brought against Trump by Carroll.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
    92·
    10 months ago

    Repeatedly advocating for the rape of Trump supporters goes well beyond our rule on advocating violence. Removing the content, 7 day ban.

      • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        3·
        10 months ago

        That’s to do with the federated data not being properly handled by either your instance, or your client. Could also be a hiccup in the connection.

        One unfortunate side effect of the current federation is that hiccups like this happen.