because rape is something much more specific than sexual abuse, and the jury was less convinced of that
sexual abuse refers to any unwanted sexual contact of any kind, whereas rape is specifically about "penetration of the penis into the vaginal opening"
the jury found her story that trump forced himself onto her compelling, but didnt think there was enough to be convinced that he raped her. i believe she specifically testified that she did not see his penis but felt it, and thats probably a big factor as to why they did not make a finding of rape.

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