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CousinIT

(9,256 posts)
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 07:47 PM Apr 2020

The evidence you need to see regarding Reade and Biden

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/29/1941307/-The-evidence-you-need-to-see-regarding-Reade-and-Biden

Let’s start off with the article Tara Reade herself wrote in 2009 praising her boss Joe Biden for sponsoring the Violence Against Women Act. It’s just one of dozens of postings she made praising Joe Biden prior to 2019:
https://archive.li/6ykxK

Then there is the fact that Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund referred Reade to multiple attorneys at its partner firm, the National Women's Law Center. They unanimously declined to work with her, because, as they expressed it, she was requesting PR assistance rather than legal representation:
www.salon.com/...https://www.salon.com/2020/03/31/a-woman-accuses-joe-biden-of-sexual-assault-and-all-hell-breaks-loose-online-heres-what-we-know/

Then there are the heaps upon heaps of Reade’s own online postings and documented contradictions in her multiple and ever-changing stories:
medium.com/...https://medium.com/eddiekrassenstein/evidence-casts-doubt-on-tara-reades-sexual-assault-allegations-of-joe-biden-e4cb3ee38460

After extensive interviews with Tara Reade, The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow and the New York Times’s Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey — all of whom won Pulitzer Prizes for their meticulous coverage of the 2017 Harvey Weinstein investigation — refused to report on her story, because there were too many inconsistencies and claims which could not be substantiated.

Next, there is her former employer, who says she has papers and emails to prove Tara Reade stole from her charity:
medium.com/...https://medium.com/eddiekrassenstein/biden-accuser-tara-reade-allegedly-stole-from-a-non-profit-organization-e276cac68a2b

Next, we have Reade claiming initially that Biden simply made her uncomfortable by touching her shoulders. She later changed her claim, stating he had complimented her legs. Finally, she upped the ante IMMEDIATELY AFTER BIDEN WAS NAMED THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, claiming he JAMMED HIS FINGERS INTO HER IN THE SENATE HALLWAY.

Lastly, in 2018, Reade had been writing multiple gushing posts praising Vladimir Putin, some of which were actually written in Russian.

This is a Republican dirty trick. Don’t fall for it. Pass it on.


ALSO, THIS TWITTER THREAD: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1255469692006936584.html
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The evidence you need to see regarding Reade and Biden (Original Post) CousinIT Apr 2020 OP
K & R...for visibility...nt Wounded Bear Apr 2020 #1
Thank you for posting this... nm mikewv Apr 2020 #2
The Biden campaign sent another set of talking points on Tara Reade Gothmog Apr 2020 #3
Tara Reade is now editing her Medium posts in a way that they can now support her new ever-changing Cha Apr 2020 #4
Her brother....allegedly one of her strongest witnesses.... CousinIT Apr 2020 #10
Booom! TY for this, IT. Cha Apr 2020 #12
My evaluation of this Butterflylady Apr 2020 #5
That thought has crossed my mind democrattotheend Apr 2020 #51
Tara Reade's words on Vladimir Putin: joost5 Apr 2020 #62
Thanks for the very good info... but, Zeus69 Apr 2020 #6
Don't worry this won't go anywhere dustyscamp Apr 2020 #15
No buts. LanternWaste Apr 2020 #21
It's journalistic malpractice not to include these inconsistencies CousinIT Apr 2020 #27
Thanks for posting Raven123 Apr 2020 #7
Thanks for that info! Martin Eden Apr 2020 #8
I hate to say this about another woman, but she is looking for a payoff. redstatebluegirl Apr 2020 #9
Thank you for saying something necessary that we men can't DFW Apr 2020 #20
Funny you should mention Senator Al Franken . . . Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #35
Good post. It's nearly impossible to prove yourself innocent after the GOP/FOX machine takes you on BComplex Apr 2020 #48
I wonder if Biden should counter-sue for defamation of character. scarletwoman Apr 2020 #31
she hasn't sued Biden JI7 Apr 2020 #64
As a woman True Blue American Apr 2020 #56
The Daily Kos post is great. BadgerMom Apr 2020 #11
It is beathimlikeadrum Apr 2020 #13
Sounds like she watched "Mad Men." pamela Apr 2020 #14
This! BComplex Apr 2020 #49
Kick mcar Apr 2020 #16
The NYT seems to have fallen for it. Hassler Apr 2020 #17
they fell for a guy in a pimp coat and defunded acorn questionseverything Apr 2020 #50
Biden is either 1,000 times better, or 500 times better. Jeebo Apr 2020 #18
Republicans continue to be the masters of projection. Mr. Evil Apr 2020 #19
KNR and bookmarking. niyad Apr 2020 #22
I THINK SHE IS A LIAR trueblue2007 Apr 2020 #23
I'd Add One Word ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #28
GOP Ratfucking. nt. BlueIdaho Apr 2020 #24
Thanks for posting this. thucythucy Apr 2020 #25
Thank you! Lucinda Apr 2020 #26
Is the neighbor's claims credible? Grepped the lead link & couldn't find anything on the neighbor uponit7771 Apr 2020 #29
I found what I believe to be the neighbor's Facebook and Twitter accounts democrattotheend Apr 2020 #52
I hate this crap amuse bouche Apr 2020 #30
Kick and recommend. Thanks for posting. Outstanding bronxiteforever Apr 2020 #32
Three points: 1. I think Reade is a self-promoting liar... hay rick Apr 2020 #33
What you said. MH1 Apr 2020 #69
he was VP for 8 years demtenjeep Apr 2020 #34
It's a hoax. Nitram Apr 2020 #36
Pure Parscale-fed media hype. Thank you so much for the great research! ancianita Apr 2020 #37
Thanks. Here's another informative report/link: George II Apr 2020 #38
K&R! highplainsdem Apr 2020 #39
Thank you for this post! Sogo Apr 2020 #40
One addition to your list -- the NYT debunking of the whole smear campaign. ancianita Apr 2020 #41
Thanks for posting PatSeg Apr 2020 #42
follow the $$$$ NRaleighLiberal Apr 2020 #43
MSNBC hosts treating this with same dumbassery as Hillary emails and Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi Prof.Higgins Apr 2020 #44
Kurt Eichenwald tweets about this evidence, which he also wants people to read: highplainsdem Apr 2020 #45
Thank you for that from KW, hpd.. Retweeted.. Cha Apr 2020 #46
I feel personally assaulted by this woman because I usually give "the woman" the benefit of the napi21 Apr 2020 #47
K&R Poiuyt Apr 2020 #53
Don't know if this is a thing or not Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 #54
Something I bookmarked about her crush on Putin, in her own words... Hekate Apr 2020 #55
DOJ could be blackmailing here--she could be prosecuted McCamy Taylor Apr 2020 #57
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND THE RUSSIANS ARE AT IT AGAIN blakstoneranger Apr 2020 #58
Great posting. This woman is obviously nuts. Worse, that they dreamland Apr 2020 #59
this is great but Yahoo News has it that 'evidence is emerging' against Biden Captain Zero Apr 2020 #60
They're on Twitter. If you are too, tweet at them and give them the links CousinIT Apr 2020 #61
Don't need to see any of it d_b Apr 2020 #63
She needs help. And her story is being pushed by Bernie Bos, which tells you what they are. Joinfortmill Apr 2020 #65
NOW the massive inconsistencies regarding Reade's claims are getting some traction: CousinIT Apr 2020 #66
Exactly! too many inconsistencies especially after 27 years.. Peacetrain Apr 2020 #67
K&R! calimary Apr 2020 #68
Wait, so a woman can't be assaulted by a man she admires? OfTheBottom99Percent Apr 2020 #70
And what is your real concern??????? marble falls May 2020 #77
kick. Baltimike Apr 2020 #71
Why I'm skeptical about Reade's sexual assault claim against Biden: Ex-prosecutor Gothmog May 2020 #72
Spread this far and wide. dalton99a May 2020 #73
K&R smirkymonkey May 2020 #74
Great statement by Joe Gothmog May 2020 #75
Mika went through a recap of all the ins and outs of this Tara Reade/Joe Biden matter. Gothmog May 2020 #76

CousinIT

(9,256 posts)
10. Her brother....allegedly one of her strongest witnesses....
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:24 PM
Apr 2020


Tara Reades brother Collin Moulton initially said he only heard her account of the assault this spring

Moulton was supposed to be her most important witness, he told news outlets a story that didn't corroborated Tara Reades story.

Butterflylady

(3,547 posts)
5. My evaluation of this
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:05 PM
Apr 2020

I believe she a thing for Biden and she got rebuffed by him and this is her revenge.

Anybody, and I mean anybody that knows Biden knows dam well that this is all made up in her twisted and demented mind. Like it or not, this woman needs help.

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
51. That thought has crossed my mind
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 12:37 AM
Apr 2020

But while possible, there's no evidence of that at this time, and I am not going to just jump to conclusions. Biden himself said that women who are brave enough to come forward should start off with a presumption of truth. I think there are many things to rebut that presumption here, but I don't think it's fair to make assumptions that she hit on him and was rebuffed. It is possible, but let's not jump to conclusions.

joost5

(421 posts)
62. Tara Reade's words on Vladimir Putin:
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 11:09 AM
Apr 2020
"he is a compassionate, caring, visionary leader"


$10 says she's been set up as another "what aboutism" to counter drumpf's CREDIBLE sexual assault accusations.

Zeus69

(391 posts)
6. Thanks for the very good info... but,
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:06 PM
Apr 2020

I get concerned reading recent headlines (not about Biden being guilty, but of the narrative). These are just from today. When it first surfaced, I didn't give it much thought (hard to do with news cycle these days anyway). Now, it's getting louder. Is Joe going to get Franken'd?

Trump not likely to say much but others who don't want to see Biden succeed will carry the water on it. Even some "democrats"...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/tara-reade-assault-allegation-democrats-frustration-mounts-as-biden-remains-silent/ar-BB13ob7m?li=BBnb7Kz

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tara-reades-allegations-could-bring-095000932.html

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
21. No buts.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:58 PM
Apr 2020

GOP insiders sitting in smoke filled rooms are molding any crap they can pretend into a ball shape, and throwing that pretense at the wall hoping it sticks.

All other crap they've thrown at that wall slid down immediately. No objective reason to believe this will be any different.

Biden's an inherently decent man. Adults know this.

The only ones who will pretend it's a valid concern aren't voting for him regardless.

CousinIT

(9,256 posts)
27. It's journalistic malpractice not to include these inconsistencies
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 09:11 PM
Apr 2020

The info should be sent to the authors of these articles - publicly. If the info regarding inconsistencies not included, then their articles are simply trying to smear Biden rather than factually report the story -- and they can and should be told so. Publicly.

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
9. I hate to say this about another woman, but she is looking for a payoff.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:15 PM
Apr 2020

I worked with someone like her. She tried to sue our boss who we all loved to pieces saying he had "put the moves on her" while they were traveling to a conference. However, there was never a time when they were alone. She tried 10 different attorneys, they all told her no. One who took the time to interview she and our boss came away telling her that if she sued she might end up being counter sued for defamation of character.

DFW

(54,436 posts)
20. Thank you for saying something necessary that we men can't
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:51 PM
Apr 2020

Well, we could, but then it would be open the charge of sexism.

Manipulative women are like manipulative men: manipulative. This one has an agenda, and it had nothing to do with Joe Biden at all.

Republicans are combing the past of every prominent Democrat just looking for something and someONE to "come forward" and make an accusation--ANY accusation. Their media then run with it. Attorneys pop up to help "because it's the right thing." If the accusation is baseless, it still can't be ignored, because the Republicans will milk it for all the damage they can cause. Being innocent is not. This is the Napoleonic code: guilty until proven innocent.

Ever since the presidential election of 1968, the Republican team pulling this crap during an election has had an official name: "The Dirty Tricks Team." Nixon was proud of his. After all, they helped him into the White House. One of them became a media coordinator for the Nixon White House, and 30 years later was the head of Fox "News."

They are more sophisticated now, higher tech, paid legal advice, etc. but their goal is the same--accuse prominent Democrats of something for which they can't instantly prove their innocence, and an act of sexual harassment that never happened is perfect for the situation. It gets free headlines, loses valuable time for the accused in setting up a defense, and causes detrimental distraction: a defense against a bogus charge gets as much publicity as a defense against a legitimate charge. If the accused gets "reasonable doubts" planted in the mind of his allies to the point where they cease to be his allies, the battle is already won. Just ask Al Franken what THAT feels like.

These bogus accusations are not the friend of women who genuinely HAVE been harassed, because every phony charge makes doubts over every legitimate charge that much difficult to overcome. Leeann Tweeden and Tara Reade are not your friends or your allies. They just coincidentally happen to share the same chromasomes.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
35. Funny you should mention Senator Al Franken . . .
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 09:54 PM
Apr 2020

who was set up by Roger Stone. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if Stone was some how in contact with this woman, coaching her along on how to engage in ratfuckery. Remember, it was Stone who said 24 hours before Leeann Tweeden broke her "story" that it was "Franken's time in the barrel." At that time, no one knew what he was referencing.

BComplex

(8,060 posts)
48. Good post. It's nearly impossible to prove yourself innocent after the GOP/FOX machine takes you on
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 12:33 AM
Apr 2020

Just ask Obama about a birth certificate.

There are manipulative people of all sexes, all races, and all political persuasions. And CROOKS & shysters of all sexes, races and political persuasions. The documentation against this woman's allegations is substantial enough that Biden should go on the offense if he doesn't want to be Frankened.

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)
31. I wonder if Biden should counter-sue for defamation of character.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 09:28 PM
Apr 2020

We can't sit back and let him get swiftboated. The Biden campaign needs to go on offense - defense isn't enough.

True Blue American

(17,988 posts)
56. As a woman
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 07:13 AM
Apr 2020

It makes me sick to think of the harm done to real victims by those who manipulate, change their stories, using falsehoods for pure benefit.

Her History of loving Russia is a big tell for me.

BadgerMom

(2,771 posts)
11. The Daily Kos post is great.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:25 PM
Apr 2020

I copied it for future reference and forwarding. I’ve already posted it as a comment on two Tweets. It’s good to have readily at hand. I’ve bookmarked this as well.

beathimlikeadrum

(31 posts)
13. It is
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:29 PM
Apr 2020

An absolute disgrace that random people on twitter are doing better investigative journalism than those at CNN et al.. Shame on them, and double shame on Reade and those knowingly involved in this attempted smear of a good man.

pamela

(3,469 posts)
14. Sounds like she watched "Mad Men."
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:36 PM
Apr 2020

The incident she describes is straight out of Season 2 , right down to the hallway.

questionseverything

(9,657 posts)
50. they fell for a guy in a pimp coat and defunded acorn
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 12:35 AM
Apr 2020

they are no judge of truthfulness

her story is not credible for many reasons but it's ever changing narrative is the most obvious

Jeebo

(2,026 posts)
18. Biden is either 1,000 times better, or 500 times better.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:45 PM
Apr 2020

If the allegations are not true, Biden is 1,000 times better than that orange thing currently in the White House. If the allegations are true, he's only 500 times better. Whether 500 times better or 1,000 times better, I am voting for Biden. It's a no-brainer.

I would like to hear someone ask Tara Reade this question:

"Ms. Reade, on Nov. 3, are you going to vote for Biden or his opponent?"

-- Ron

Mr. Evil

(2,853 posts)
19. Republicans continue to be the masters of projection.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:46 PM
Apr 2020

And of course the MSM gets off by reporting this shit all the while never mentioning the multiple allegations of sexual assault and even outright rape against Trump.

Joe Biden has his flaws just like any normal human. He's made his gaffes, his mistakes, his misjudgements just like any one of us but, at the end of the day Joe Biden is still a decent man. He exhibits empathy, sympathy, encouragement, humor and general caring for all. Joe Biden wasn't my first choice for the Democratic nominee for President of the US but, he definitely has my vote.

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
52. I found what I believe to be the neighbor's Facebook and Twitter accounts
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 12:46 AM
Apr 2020

From what I could tell, she seems to be a legit Democrat/progressive and not a strong partisan of any candidate in the 2016 or 2020 primary, unless she deleted tweets suggesting otherwise before she came forward. She did retweet one tweet by Bernie Sanders in 2017, around the time of Trump's inauguration, but that's the only mention of Bernie in any of her tweets. She tweeted something about Biden slamming Secretary DeVos a few years ago as well. This is one of the few parts of the story I'm struggling with. Obviously, at most it proves Reade told her about the alleged assault - not that it actually happened. But I can't find anything on the neighbor to suggest she has an agenda.

hay rick

(7,636 posts)
33. Three points: 1. I think Reade is a self-promoting liar...
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 09:40 PM
Apr 2020

2. If Joe did it, I don't think it could be proven.
3. If Joe did it, there's a tape, and Joe confesses- I'm still voting for him over Trump.

MH1

(17,600 posts)
69. What you said.
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 05:10 PM
Apr 2020

All 3 points.

And I think if #1 is true, she's a piece of shit every bit as bad as Trump.

 

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)
34. he was VP for 8 years
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 09:43 PM
Apr 2020

you don't think President OBAMA thoroughly vetted his VP?



I bet putin is paying her a pretty penny for this

George II

(67,782 posts)
38. Thanks. Here's another informative report/link:
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 10:17 PM
Apr 2020

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2020/04/tara-reade-revisited

Sogo

(4,992 posts)
40. Thank you for this post!
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 10:20 PM
Apr 2020

The trouble is that rumor and innuendo affects the emotions, which is a deeper level than reason.....Many who hear the rumors and innuendo about Biden will carry the suspicion with them long into the election season, IMO. Whether it affects their voting decision is yet to be seen....

As we all know, however, this whole episode is just Trump trying to shed the fact of his own egregious behavior towards women....

ancianita

(36,132 posts)
41. One addition to your list -- the NYT debunking of the whole smear campaign.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 10:27 PM
Apr 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/us/politics/joe-biden-tara-reade-sexual-assault-complaint.html
The Times interviewed Ms. Reade on multiple days over hours, as well as those she told about Mr. Biden’s behavior and other friends.

The Times has also interviewed lawyers who spoke to Ms. Reade about her allegation; nearly two dozen people who worked with Mr. Biden during the early 1990s, including many who worked with Ms. Reade; and the other seven women who criticized Mr. Biden last year, to discuss their experiences with him.

No other allegation about sexual assault surfaced in the course of reporting, nor did any former Biden staff members corroborate any details of Ms. Reade’s allegation.

The Times found no pattern of sexual misconduct by Mr. Biden.


One last point.

Obama and Biden were oppo researched in 2015.
Not once did any hint about Reade's Senate filing ever appear on FOX News during the entire eight years that Biden was VP.
Not once did Republicans congressionally investigate Biden while Trump had both houses.

Prof.Higgins

(194 posts)
44. MSNBC hosts treating this with same dumbassery as Hillary emails and Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 10:45 PM
Apr 2020

false accusations, Wikileaks weaponized DNC hacks and other whataboutisms which saved Trump by depressing Clinton's turnout.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
47. I feel personally assaulted by this woman because I usually give "the woman" the benefit of the
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 11:26 PM
Apr 2020

doubt and she destroyed my faith in women accusers. Joe has been in the spotlight of news for YEARS, 1st being the youngest person ever to have been elected to the Senate & defeating a long term incumbent Senator, then during his years in thee Sen sate with lot of controversial votes.. Most of his life has been bare to the public because of the many tragedies in his life. then his 8 years as VP. I think most people know Joe & his personality. The accusations made by this woman just doesn't fit Joe at all. Her constantly changing stories just reinforce my belief that she's perpetrating a scam. all that doe is ruin pub lic opinions about all women. ahe should be ashamed!

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
57. DOJ could be blackmailing here--she could be prosecuted
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 08:52 AM
Apr 2020

for scamming a charity---unless she accuses Biden of sex crimes. Would not put it past Barr to abuse his office.

 

blakstoneranger

(333 posts)
58. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND THE RUSSIANS ARE AT IT AGAIN
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 09:04 AM
Apr 2020

They think we are so stupid. Funny how her story kinda matches up with the story told by one of trump's accusers.
Well the media is going to make a big deal of it to level the playing field. Especially if biden pulls to far ahead in the polls.
Trump and his money goes a long, long, way. Couldn't pay the eukraine, but he can pay an american to lie through her teeth.

dreamland

(964 posts)
59. Great posting. This woman is obviously nuts. Worse, that they
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 09:51 AM
Apr 2020

...rather have a leader with 20 accusers than to vote for one with a dubious accuser. In a word, sad.

Captain Zero

(6,823 posts)
60. this is great but Yahoo News has it that 'evidence is emerging' against Biden
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 10:08 AM
Apr 2020

Maybe you can get Yahoo to publish all this.

Any casual visitor to Yahoo is only going to register:
'evidence is emerging' against Biden.

The campaign denials are deep in the article, but no reference to these things.
It's not helping Biden if all his defense in yahoo is swatting at it and substantial info like this is over here for us who can figure out she is in the employ of Russia and/or run by Russian Agents.

CousinIT

(9,256 posts)
61. They're on Twitter. If you are too, tweet at them and give them the links
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 10:38 AM
Apr 2020

Last edited Thu Apr 30, 2020, 11:10 AM - Edit history (1)

They deserve to be asked why they are smearing Biden. And without providing the information in my OP above ALONG WITH their other info, then they ARE smearing Biden and that can be safely assumed to be their main objective, not justice for poor Ms. Reade (or whatever she says her name is this week)

https://twitter.com/DamonLinker

@DamonLinker

Lisa Lerer and Sydney Ember are also on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/llerer

https://twitter.com/melbournecoal

@llerer
@melbournecoal

 

d_b

(7,463 posts)
63. Don't need to see any of it
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 01:12 PM
Apr 2020

The only evidence I need is that she waited until Joe was the presumptive nominee to accuse him of the finger bullshit, so...she's not merely trying to hurt Joe, she's fucking with the election.








Gothmog

(145,496 posts)
72. Why I'm skeptical about Reade's sexual assault claim against Biden: Ex-prosecutor
Fri May 1, 2020, 01:54 AM
May 2020



►People who contradict Reade’s claim. After the alleged assault, Reade said she complained about Biden's harassment to Marianne Baker, Biden’s executive assistant, as well as to top aides Dennis Toner and Ted Kaufman. All three Biden staffers recently told The New York Times that she made no complaint to them.
And they did not offer the standard, noncommittal “I don’t remember any such complaint.” The denials were firm. “She did not come to me. If she had, I would have remembered her,” Kaufman said. Toner made a similar statement. And from Baker: “I never once witnessed, or heard of, or received, any reports of inappropriate conduct (by Biden), period." Baker said such a complaint, had Reade made it, "would have left a searing impression on me as a woman professional, and as a manager.”
►Missing formal complaint. Reade told The Times she filed a written complaint against Biden with the Senate personnel office. But The Times could not find any complaint. When The Times asked Reade for a copy of the complaint, she said she did not have it. Yet she maintained and provided a copy of her 1993 Senate employment records.
It is odd that Reade kept a copy of her employment records but did not keep a copy of a complaint documenting criminal conduct by a man whose improprieties changed “the trajectory” of her life. It’s equally odd The Times was unable to find a copy of the alleged Senate complaint.
►Memory lapse. Reade has said that she cannot remember the date, time or exact location of the alleged assault, except that it occurred in a “semiprivate” area in corridors connecting Senate buildings. After I left the Justice Department, I was appointed by the federal court in Los Angeles to represent indigent defendants. The first thing that comes to mind from my defense attorney perspective is that Reade’s amnesia about specifics makes it impossible for Biden to go through records and prove he could not have committed the assault, because he was somewhere else at the time.
For instance, if Reade alleged Biden assaulted her on the afternoon of June 3, 1993, Biden might be able to prove he was on the Senate floor or at the dentist. Her memory lapses could easily be perceived as bulletproofing a false allegation.
►The lie about losing her job. Reade told The Union that Biden wanted her to serve drinks at an event. After she refused, "she felt pushed out and left Biden's employ," the newspaper said last April. But Reade claimed this month in her Times interview that after she filed a sexual harassment complaint with the Senate personnel office, she faced retaliation and was fired by Biden’s chief of staff.
Leaving a job after refusing to serve drinks at a Biden fundraiser is vastly different than being fired as retaliation for filing a sexual harassment complaint with the Senate. The disparity raises questions about Reade’s credibility and account of events.
►Compliments for Biden. In the 1990s, Biden worked to pass the Violence Against Women Act. In 2017, on multiple occasions, Reade retweeted or “liked” praise for Biden and his work combating sexual assault. In the same year, Reade tweeted other compliments of Biden, including: “My old boss speaks truth. Listen.” It is bizarre that Reade would publicly laud Biden for combating the very thing she would later accuse him of doing to her.
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