TRUMP SUES FOR DEFAMATION

                                

                                       BY BILL JUNEAU 

                           In a peculiar turn around, former President Trump is countersuing the woman who accused him of raping her in the changing room of a Bergdorf Goodman department store across the street from Trump Tower in Manhattan sometime in 1996; and of defaming her by calling her a "liar." 

                           Trump's case against his accuser seems valid, though seemingly unprecedented and certainly unusual.   "The Donald" maintains that the charges  against him by the former Elle magazine writer, E. Jean Carroll, was fiction --it never happened and her abiding interest is in a big payday, and, says the ex-president, she has the backing of the standing Trump-hating woke crowd, and the far, far left New York   government, and the dishonest media.   

                          Following a jury trial last May, the 79-year-old Carroll, was awarded $5 million, with the jury finding for her claims of sexual battery and that she had been defamed by Trump.  Carroll, was the author of an advice column, "Ask E. Jean" which ran for nearly 20 years in  Elle magazine. 

                            The accusations against the ex-President were first made as part of an article she wrote and had published in 2019.  

                           According to Carroll, the two had a chance run-in at the store, where Trump was shopping for a gift for "a girl."  She said he asked for her advice, and the two shopped together and then he pushed her into a dressing room and assaulted her.  

                           The former United States President has been vocal and assertive to everyone who would listen that the encounter never happened and that Ms. Carroll had concocted the story. "We'll be appealing this decision," said Trump.  "It's a disgrace...the trial was very unfair." 

                            On the advice of his lawyers, Trump declined to participate in the jury trial in New York where Trump is anathema to the woke-minded residents who cheer every day for him to be slammed and denigrated and incarcerated. Trump is evil and must pay the price. Innocent or not, he must be punished, as is the sentiment of many New Yorkers and political opponents. 

                            The New York jury heard  only from Carroll, and they believed parcels of her story of 27 years ago. In its verdict, they found that Trump's public denunciation of her constituted defamation, and the jury delivered a verdict in her favor.  The panel in district court in Manhattan reported that she had been subject to "sexual abuse,"  but not "rape.""

                           Following the trial, the feisty, Carroll guested on the CNN cable station, and repeated that she had been "raped" by the ex-President who is a candidate for reelection in 2024.  Trump again called her a lying gold digger and a nut job or something like that, and Carroll promptly filed another defamation claim, and that claim is scheduled to be the subject of a trial next year.

                            Trump's lawsuit against Carroll was filed June 27 and is a counterclaim for defamation based on the fact that Carroll alleges she was raped when in fact the jury found that rape "clearly was not committed' and that Carroll had made the false claim both before and after the trial. 

                           Carroll’s “repeated falsehoods and defamatory statements against Trump, who is running for president again, have done significant harm to his reputation, which, in turn, has yielded an inordinate amount of damages sustained as a result,” Trump’s lawyers said in the court filings.                  

                             Trump is seeking a retraction as well as unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, in the lengthy battle between the former US president and the elderly advice giver for troubled ladies.   

                              Perhaps this is Trump's opportunity for his lawyers to cross examine Carroll with gusto as a new jury listens.  Trump will certainly testify and he can be  persuasive.    

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PRIDE DAY AT BIDEN'S WHITE HOUSE

      

                                         BY BILL JUNEAU  

                         It was declared a moment of "Pride" and celebration at the White House, and Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, commended participants for their extraordinary courage and bravery. Adults and children danced about on the grounds of the historical Washington residence, some half-naked and others tattooed heavily and  wearing rainbow-colored garb. 

                        For Joe and Dr. Jill, it was a celebration of Pride month and they delivered their respect and honor for the LGBTQ lifestyle and way of life.  

                        A "Pride" flag was attached to the White House and positioned prominently along side the American flag.  Demonstrating participants who used to be men, now bared their new full breasts as they jiggled and rocked about to the beat of music.  It was time to "show the nipple," and the President watched through his "aviator glasses." Other participants who had been women, and are now men, displayed their muscles and chest scars attesting to the removal of their breasts. 

                        For most Americans who witnessed films and read about the behavior on the manicured green lawn outside of the prestigious  residence of the nation's President,  it was a time of disgust and sadness at the circus. The gathering had the endorsement of the mentally impaired Biden and his flaky wife, Jill, who are treating the LGBTQ activists with a greater reverence and awe than they have ever bestowed  upon the nation's policemen or veterans who have died in defense of the USA and its citizens. 

                        A goodly crowd came to the White House, but they were mostly woke-minded couples with their children and mindless  activists whooping it up in celebration of the special salute to the LGBTQ community.  Out in front  of the celebrants was Rene Montoya, a "trans" woman, who displayed her large bare breasts for Joe and Jill.  Ms. Montoya eagerly spoke with reporters and answered questions. 

                        With the newspersons and for the cameras aimed her way,  Montoya held her hands over her bare breasts and said that she had "zero intention" of trying to be vulgar or profane in any way.  In covering her nipples, she explained, she did so so that others would not jump to wrong conclusions.  She said the cover up for the photographers was done "just to play it safe."

                         America's dim 46th President, now a candidate for a  another term, seemed to be enjoying Montoya, watching through his aviator sunglasses. Biden is a man with a long record of fixating on young women. Even his daughter, Ashley, has acknowledged in a diary that her dad used to shower with her, noting that it really was not appropriate. 

                          When the President, who has the appellation among millions as "Creepy Joe," announced his intention to run for  President in 2019, about a dozen women came forward and told of unpleasant and annoying experiences with him.  They detailed how he would sniff their hair and and nestle his head onto their shoulders. One woman, Tara Reade, an employee of his senatorial office in the 1990s, demonized him and accused him of grabbing her in a darkened hallway of the capitol and thrusting his hand under her skirt, acting like a  lion in heat.  In another case, it has been reported, a young girl of under 10, has accused him of "pinching her nipple."

                            In Biden's interview a few months ago with Dylan Mulvaney, the transgendered 26-year-old woman who screamed of her love of Bud-Light beer in Anheuser Busch sponsored commercials, he assured her of his admiration for the LBGTQ community.  No legislature must block the advances of the "trans" community, said Biden, emphasizing that he strongly endorsed  "gender identity bathrooms."  Since the commercial with Dylan and in the past year, Anheuser Busch has said it lost billions of  dollars as a result of using the transgendered Dylan Mulvaney as an "influencer" in commercials designed to popularize the beer with the younger generation.  

                             Biden spoke to the crowd for about 20 minutes praising the transgendering community and the LGBTQ lifestyles. "I mean this; I swear to God," said Biden, "you’re some of the most — you’re some of the bravest and most inspiring people I’ve ever known--- and I’ve known a lot of good folks."  Biden's remarks and the Pride celebration at the White House was held even though more  than 500 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced this year in 41 states. 

                             A few days following the noisy and obscene celebration on the south lawn, Biden spokespersons apologized for the behavior of some participants. "It wasn't  appropriate. It's disrespectful. And let's not -- it really does not reflect the event that we hosted to celebrate the LGBTQ families" said Biden Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre.  The conduct of some persons celebrating was not a "normal thing" and will not be repeated in the future, she emphasized. 

                            All in all, the celebration on the the lawn of the White House, calling the transgendering community courageous and brave in the face of criticism, was another abomination by a President who skates on the edge of dementia and senility and who is working to transform the United States into a country unrecognizable by the men and women who have made it great. 

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