“It’s unprecedented and we’re turning a corner” assures a specialist in the political history of the United States

“It’s unprecedented and we’re taking a step“, assures Tuesday June 9 on franceinfo Corentin Sellin, associate professor of history, columnist and specialist in the political history of the United States for the site Les Jours. Former President of the United States Donald Trump was declared responsible for sexual assault in 1996 of a woman by a civil court in New York. He will have to pay her five million dollars in damages. The person concerned denounced in the wake of a “shameful verdicton his Truth Social network.

>>> United States: former President Donald Trump found responsible for sexual assault by a civil court in New York

“This is totally unprecedented for a former president“, exposes Corentin Sellin, even if “we are talking about a civil verdict so it is an acknowledgment of responsibility and not criminal guilt“Nevertheless, what takes precedence for the historian”it is the recognition of a sexual assault“: “This recognition by the courts gives even more credibility“the accusations of assault or sexual harassment made by about twenty women against the ex-president.

“This is an important moment, both for Donald Trump and not insignificant in the political history of the United States.“, continues Corentin Sellin, “now Donald Trump has a sex abuser tag to bear while campaigning for the presidency, eventually becoming the Republican nominee again“. The party precisely, “can he still continue to accompany Trump with increasingly serious and extremely penalizing legal setbacks for the female electorate?“, asks the historian. For the current president, Joe Biden, it is in any case”a real political windfall“, he concludes.