frankv:

 

 

 

Yeah, you're right.... we ought to give Trump the benefit of the doubt.

 

Not sure if you are being sarcastic. I'd hope not. He (or in fact anyone) should be presumed innocent until proven guilty. (Regardless of what type of scumbag he may be)

 

According to http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/woman-says-she-was-groped-by-trump-on-plane-it-was-an-assault-w444700 there were 4 people who "corroborated her story". I guess they weren't eye-witnesses or the article would have said that. Maybe the eye-witnesses turned a blind eye?

 

So she had 4 corroborators, but still couldn't raise it earlier? I guess there might be good reasons for that, but there also may be some that aren't so good. I'm actually pretty surprised alarm bells aren't ringing for anyone else. I guess I'm just suspicious by nature.

 

It's perfectly OK that you don't want to gamble. I don't feel compelled to gamble. But I believe that "Only a real risk tests the reality of a belief." So asking someone to bet on something (i.e. risk their money) is a way to measure how sincerely they believe some particular statement. 

 

As regards the timing: a Jane Doe filed charges against Trump in *July* for statutory rape, which has been pretty much roundly ignored.

 

After Trump mounted his campaign for the White House, details emerged of the 1997 complaint, in which Harth accused him of “attempted ‘rape’”. This related to 1993, BTW.

 

http://www.hopesandfears.com/hopes/now/politics/215671-donald-trump-rape-timeline was published July 2015.

 

I think you are mistaking my concern for the timing, and the fact everyone has pretty much decided he is guilty already, with some incorrect view that I believe he is innocent or guilty. 

Let me try and be as clear as I can be (though to be fair I think I've been pretty clear already). I believe that these claims should be fully investigated. If there is guilt there should be punishment, but if there is none, then he should be made "whole" again, like it would be if he wasn't accused. If it turns out these women made these stories up (as opposed to there not being enough evidence to support a conviction) then those parties should be punished and an investigation held as to what motivated them.

Because of the timing of this, it's going to be impossible to do that, and this is my issue. 

This isn't really about Trump, I'd feel the same way if it were you accused, or in fact anyone. ( I happen to feel the same is due of Dotcom who I think is a prize Dufus.)

We can all think of stories (or find them) where complete reprobates have been accused of crimes, and are NOT guilty of them.

As for the statutory rape, I don't feel enough has been done about that. A robust and timely investigation should (have) be held and similar action as above taken depending on the findings.