Judge Says Trump Raped E. Jean Carroll

Although the jury stopped short of saying Donald Trump raped E. Jean Carroll, Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled today that he did, the Washington Post reports.

Wrote Kaplan: “The finding that Ms. Carroll failed to prove that she was ‘raped’ within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean that she failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape.'”

He added: “Indeed, as the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that.”