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    allegations of sexual misconduct

    Why do they always misspell rape in these articles?? 🤔

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      Yeah this bugs the hell out of me. A 17 year old is not capable of consenting to sex with an adult. That’s how our laws work. Sex with a minor is by definition rape, so they should absolutely call it what it is: a credible rape allegation.

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      Most states don’t have an explicit crime called rape it’s generally called sexual misconduct or sexual assault.

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    Trump should just offer to keep Merrick Garland on board as AG. Nobody has done more to assure Trump was not held accountable for 1/6 than him. He’d be perfect for providing cover for whatever crimes Donnie and Elmo are cooking up right now at Mar-a-Lago.

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        Well, there is the fact that she has admitted to knowingly hiding scandals.

        In other words, she is an accessory, after the fact, to crimes.

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          “I AM HIDING CRIMINAL SCANDALS INVOLVING MASTEROFN001! LOTS AND LOTS OF SCANDALS!”

          I don’t need a law degree to walk myself out of that one, and neither does she.

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            If you admit to being an accessory, or claim to be, that would be broadcasting that you have committed a crime.

            If someone says they have commited a crime, they need to be investigated for the crime(s) they claim to have commited (accessory, obstruction, etc).

            Walk back all you want.

            It’s either libel or it’s complicity in a cover-up or blackmail or extortion.

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    So Trump won’t back off, so the candidates have to instead. Or do we think Trump told him to withdraw?