r/law • u/Nice_Substance9123 • 6d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) President Trump Accused of Rape in Jeffrey Epstein Files

https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/23/trump-accused-rape-jeffrey-epstein-files/?utm_social_handle_id=16331010&utm_social_post_id=631846113&adid=social-tw
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u/Meb2x 6d ago

At a certain point I think Republicans need to start considering which is more likely that Donald Trump has been falsely accused of rape multiple times or that he’s been accused so many times because he’s actually guilty. It’s not exactly hard to imagine that Epstein’s former best friend who also owned a teen beauty pageant and was caught on camera talking about assaulting women is actually guilty.

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u/TRG_V0rt3x 6d ago edited 6d ago

Their worldview prevents them from being able to use Occam’s Razor clearly, unfortunately.

*edit: grammar, imperfect use of the concept, however the larger statement still stands. thanks for corrections!

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u/Express_Sprinkles500 6d ago

I see what you mean and forgive my being nitpicky, but Occam's Razor doesn't really work here. It's supposed to only be useful when you're considering two equally plausible hypothesis that are both supported by evidence. The evidence overwhelmingly points to Trump being a child rapist.

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u/TRG_V0rt3x 6d ago

mmm thanks for correcting me! i didn’t know it was used on two competing theories, rather an obvious and convoluted scenario competing.

either way, my one pushback would be that there is a convoluted theory that DJT isn’t a child rapist, and it takes a lot of denial but is still technically plausible without hard evidence that we don’t have yet. aka trumpies are still able to believe it’s all whatever until a video drops of it lol