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   George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 22:48:24 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

   Thoughts on the how the jury will vote in the E. Jean Carroll rape case? They need a unanimous vote that it was more likely than not that he did it…

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     Doreen32128 (doreen32128@universeodon.com)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 23:03:28 JST Doreen32128

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     @georgetakei How long do you think the jury will take to get a verdict?

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     Lizard (lizardsf@universeodon.com)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 23:08:45 JST Lizard

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     @georgetakei Everything that I've read indicates the defense was very weak (even granted they were dealt a bad hand to start with). It seemed to rely heavily on decontextualized statements that play well in social media echo chambers, but fail in a court when opposition lawyers can provide context. Trump's own deposition hardly helps his case. Given that a civil case relies on the "more likely than not" standard, it's hard to say, given Trump's own words, that it's *unlikely* he would engage in such behavior. His confusing the plaintiff with his spouse of the time in a photo is kind of the icing on the self-incriminating cake.

     But having not seen the entirety of the trial, just media reports, and not knowing what might go on in the jury room, nothing is certain. It would not surprise me if some vote for acquittal based on either payoffs or fear of retribution.