[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H3906]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         JUDGE KAPLAN'S RULING

  (Mr. LIEU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. LIEU. Mr. Speaker, on July 19, 2023, Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan 
rejected Donald Trump's request for a new trial and confirmed that 
Donald Trump raped E. Jean Carroll.
  I must submit this court ruling into the Congressional Record, and I 
will read what the judge found. On page 43, the judge wrote: ``Ms. 
Carroll testified that the sexual assault--the `rape'--of which she 
accused Mr. Trump involved especially painful, forced digital 
penetration. . . . ''
  The judge further writes: ``The testimony of the outcry witnesses, 
[Mses.] Birnbach and Martin, corroborated the essence of Ms. Carroll's 
account of a violent, traumatic sexual assault.''
  On page 44, the judge wrote: ``The jury's finding of sexual abuse 
therefore necessarily implies that it found that Mr. Trump forcibly 
penetrated her vagina.''
  The judge further writes: `` . . . in other words, that he raped her. 
. . . ''
  Mr. Speaker, Judge Kaplan's memorandum opinion denying defendant's 
rule 59 motion can be found at: https://storage.courtlistener.com/
recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045.212.0.pdf.

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