Since 2012, the U.S. Dept. of Justice has defined rape as “the penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object… without the consent of the victim.” To be redundant, no penis is required.
On May 9, 2023, a New York jury determined that Donald Trump had shoved his unwelcome fingers into E. Jean Carroll’s vagina, after he pushed her against a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room wall, and that he later defamed her. Trump’s ‘what’s a little groping among friends’ defense argued that $5m in damages was excessive because the jury didn’t say Trump raped Carroll, only that he sexually assaulted her.
