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Galraedia

(5,027 posts)
Sat May 2, 2020, 08:02 PM May 2020

Tara Reade says she didn't explicitly accuse Biden of assault in Senate report

Tara Reade, the former Senate staffer who alleges Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, has said she filed a limited report with a congressional personnel office that did not explicitly accuse him of sexual assault or harassment.

“I remember talking about him wanting me to serve drinks because he liked my legs and thought I was pretty and it made me uncomfortable,” Reade said. “I know that I was too scared to write about the sexual assault.”
Benefit of the doubt? Joe Biden – and allies – face key questions over sexual assault claim
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Reade said she described her issues with Biden, then a senator from Delaware, but “the main word I used – and I know I didn’t use sexual harassment – I used ‘uncomfortable’. And I remember ‘retaliation’.”

Reade described the report after the AP discovered transcripts and notes from interviews with Reade last year in which she said she “chickened out” after going to the Senate personnel office.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/02/tara-reade-joe-biden-accusation-sexual-assault-report

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Tara Reade says she didn't explicitly accuse Biden of assault in Senate report (Original Post) Galraedia May 2020 OP
We're about 5 days away from her posting a full retraction of her claim. bearsfootball516 May 2020 #1
She's full of shit. sunonmars May 2020 #2
In The Words Of Mr. Twain, Ma'am The Magistrate May 2020 #3
yet msm just spent a week on this story.... spanone May 2020 #4
She claimed to have filed a sexual harassment mzmolly May 2020 #5
Is it possible someone put her up to pushing this lie? texasfiddler May 2020 #6
Reade Lied again.. Cha May 2020 #7
God this is so fucking terrible texasfiddler May 2020 #8
Well then, there's no point whatsoever crickets May 2020 #9
Exactly. Sogo May 2020 #10

mzmolly

(51,004 posts)
5. She claimed to have filed a sexual harassment
Sat May 2, 2020, 08:10 PM
May 2020

claim against Biden on multiple occasions. Now she's playing semantics and backing away from more of her assertions.

texasfiddler

(1,990 posts)
6. Is it possible someone put her up to pushing this lie?
Sat May 2, 2020, 08:12 PM
May 2020

Maybe the media (minus Faux News) could spend a week looking into that!

texasfiddler

(1,990 posts)
8. God this is so fucking terrible
Sat May 2, 2020, 08:39 PM
May 2020

We have a President who has dozens of these types of claims against him (including the rape of a 13 year old at an Epstein party). The media danced around this with kid gloves back in 2016. Now they don't discuss Trump's assault claims at all. With her inconsistencies, wacko sexual innuendo statements about Putin, disdain for the Mueller report, etc., it seems to me Reade is not telling the truth and she might have some political agenda or mental health issues. She is doing no favor for those that have truly experienced this horrible type of crime. The fringe of the Democratic Party are not happy about any moderate. The fringe of the Republican Party has become the norm and base of the GOP. I do not want the same for my party. Krystal Ball, Susan Sarandon, Michael Moore, Cenk Uygur, Joe Rogan etc. would rather see trump re-elected than Biden win the 2020 election. They are the same to me as the 15 or so neighbors of mine within a two mile radius who are proudly flying their trump 2020 flags. Fuck them all! Sorry for the rant.

crickets

(25,983 posts)
9. Well then, there's no point whatsoever
Sat May 2, 2020, 08:52 PM
May 2020

in opening up those Senate records the Repubs were salivating to pick apart, is there?

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