Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confronted heavy criticism on Friday after calling US President Donald Trump a “rapist” in a social media submit.“Wow who would have thought that electing a rapist would have sophisticated the discharge of the Epstein Recordsdata?” she wrote on X.Her remark referred to the continued debate over the Epstein case, after the FBI and Justice Division issued a joint memo declaring the investigation formally closed. The memo mentioned Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in jail and located no proof of murder.Ocasio-Cortez advised that electing a president with a historical past of sexual assault allegations made it tougher or politically delicate to totally launch and examine the Epstein case information.Her tweet rapidly went viral garnering over 11 million views. It sparked robust backlash from Trump supporters. Many accused her of defamation, stating that Trump has by no means been criminally convicted of rape.One consumer expressing anger commented: “Donald Trump has not been criminally convicted of rape. As a Congresswoman, with such broad attain, try to be conscious of this and act and converse appropriately. That is defamation.”One other wrote: “If Trump is a rapist, then certainly he was convicted of rape in a legal courtroom and you’ve got proof of that conviction, proper? If not, then that is defamation.”Journalist E Jean Carroll accused Donald Trump of raping her within the Nineties. She mentioned he attacked her in a dressing room on the Bergdorf Goodman division retailer in Manhattan round 1995 or 1996.In 2023, a civil jury didn’t discover Trump chargeable for rape below the authorized definition used within the trial, however did discover him chargeable for sexual abuse. He was ordered to pay Carroll $2.02 million in damages for sexual assault and one other $2.98 million for defamation, totalling $5 million, Al Jazeera quoted.Final month, the general public feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump intensified after the Tesla proprietor made a placing allegation in opposition to the US president, claiming that Trump is talked about within the Epstein recordsdata. He added that that is the rationale they have been by no means made public.
