‘Who must have thought …’: Congresswoman AOC called Donald Trump ‘rapist’; Maga on social media faces heat
Congress’s Alexandria Okasio-Coortage on Friday faced heavy criticism after calling US President Donald Trump a “rapist” in a social media post.“Wow, who would have thought that choosing a rapist leads to release of Epstein files?” He wrote on X.After the FBI and the Department of Justice issued a joint memorandum officially announced a shutdown, his comment referred to the ongoing debate on the Epstein case. Memo said that Jeffrey Epstein died of suicide in jail and found no evidence of murder.Ocasio-CORTEZ suggested that the choice of a president with the history of allegations of sexual harassment made it more difficult or politically sensitive to release and investigate the record of Epstein case.His tweet quickly went viral more than 11 million times. It took a strong backlash from Trump supporters. Many people accused him of defamation, indicating that Trump was never convicted of rape.A user expressing anger commented: “Donald Trump has not been convicted criminally for rape. As a Congress, with such a widespread reach, you should know and work and speak appropriately. It is defamation.”Another wrote: “If Trump is a rapist, he was definitely convicted of rape in a criminal court and you have proof of that punishment, okay? If not, it is defamation.”Journalist E Jean Carol accused Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s. He said that he attacked him in a dressing room at Burgdorf Goodman Department Store in Manhattan around 1995 or 1996.In 2023, a civil jury did not find Trump liable for rape under the legal definition used in the test, but found him responsible for sexual abuse. They were ordered to pay $ 2.02 million in loss to sexual harassment and quoted one and $ 2.98 million, $ 5 million, Al Jazeera for defamation.Last month, a public fight between Elon Musk and Donald Trump intensified after Tesla’s owner made a striking allegation against the US President, claiming that Trump was mentioned in Epstein files. He said that this is the reason why he was never made public.
