The thing I find odd about the argument that a power imbalance makes consent impossible is that would make it effectively impossible for any POTUS to have consensual relations except for maybe with other world leaders.
The important point here is that the relationship occurred within the workplace. No one would care if it were just your run of the mill affair. He isn’t the first president, nor is he the last, to have one of those.
The thing I find odd about the argument that a power imbalance makes consent impossible is that would make it effectively impossible for any POTUS to have consensual relations except for maybe with other world leaders.
The important point here is that the relationship occurred within the workplace. No one would care if it were just your run of the mill affair. He isn’t the first president, nor is he the last, to have one of those.