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demmiblue

(36,865 posts)
Sat May 2, 2020, 02:10 PM May 2020

AP Exclusive: Harassment, assault absent in Biden complaint

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tara Reade, the former Senate staffer who alleges Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, says 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 in an interview Friday with The Associated Press. “I know that I was too scared to write about the sexual assault.”

Reade said she described her issues with Biden 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 additional transcripts and notes from its interviews with Reade last year in which she says she “chickened out” after going to the Senate personnel office. The AP interviewed Reade in 2019 after she accused Biden of uncomfortable and inappropriate touching. She did not raise allegations of sexual assault against Biden until this year, around the time he became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

Read more: https://apnews.com/aec7beb03e9e0e0e6e3c58111293e0ea






Bye Felicia.
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AP Exclusive: Harassment, assault absent in Biden complaint (Original Post) demmiblue May 2020 OP
Liar liar panties on fire. grumpyduck May 2020 #1
If she filed one with the senate . . Iliyah May 2020 #2
And the Obama campaign PatSeg May 2020 #5
Exactly Rebl2 May 2020 #21
Maybe a truly ridiculous accusation PatSeg May 2020 #23
Same effect from the lie told by Christine O'Donnell and her niece. nt tblue37 May 2020 #31
Its like playing whack-a-mole PatSeg May 2020 #32
Liar. Now its, " He liked my legs". Omfg Budi May 2020 #3
Smell of Bannon all over this. Wellstone ruled May 2020 #4
Yawn. truthisfreedom May 2020 #6
Pretty legs rape? How dare you! Happyhippychick May 2020 #7
Makes me wonder if some $$$$ is involved somewhere because why speak up now if not when he cstanleytech May 2020 #8
+++++++++ not fooled May 2020 #9
Did the same to Hillary and she got 4M more votes than Trump Bengus81 May 2020 #11
This is the game... exactly. Zoonart May 2020 #12
the response azureblue May 2020 #27
With Reade's history of fraud, there is probably more that the Russians could have learned about csziggy May 2020 #18
So she complained about what? Historic NY May 2020 #10
Is there a picture? I've seen some fool falsely claim a picture of Biden and Zoe Baird is Reade greenjar_01 May 2020 #20
Maybe thats it Historic NY May 2020 #22
Frankly, I've had it up to here with white women conflating comfort with safety MrScorpio May 2020 #13
+1 n/t jaysunb May 2020 #15
Two seperate issues. n/t demmiblue May 2020 #16
Well, yeah... Reade chose not to call the cops simply because she was uncomfortable... MrScorpio May 2020 #17
Biden's accuser cancels Fox News interview Gothmog May 2020 #14
In fact, the whole complaint is absent. We still don't have a complaint, so the AP headline is silly greenjar_01 May 2020 #19
so how many versions is this weissmam May 2020 #24
This means she told a big lie. creeksneakers2 May 2020 #25
This woman loves all the attention she is getting from this bogus scandal. honest.abe May 2020 #26
This woman supposedly is a law school graduate. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 #28
These are the remarks @JoeBiden made about Tara Reade Gothmog May 2020 #29
Woman of a Hundred Versions Harry Walpurgisnacht May 2020 #30
Low long before it comes out nykym May 2020 #33

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
2. If she filed one with the senate . .
Sat May 2, 2020, 02:18 PM
May 2020

they would have it in their archives. Asshole mcturtle knows that. So where is it??????

Rebl2

(13,523 posts)
21. Exactly
Sat May 2, 2020, 04:25 PM
May 2020

No way President Obama would have chosen him if that was in Biden’s records when he was vetted. Also, why didn’t she bring it up in 2008 if it was true? Guess she was to busy conning other people at the time.

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
23. Maybe a truly ridiculous accusation
Sat May 2, 2020, 05:33 PM
May 2020

is for the best in the long run. Then the next time republicans trot out another alleged victim, people will be less likely to take it seriously and hopefully the media won't give it so much exposure.

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
32. Its like playing whack-a-mole
Sun May 3, 2020, 07:10 PM
May 2020

with these grifters. Fortunately, they really aren't very good at this crap.

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
3. Liar. Now its, " He liked my legs". Omfg
Sat May 2, 2020, 02:22 PM
May 2020

"I remember talking about him wanting me to serve drinks because he liked my legs and thought I was pretty"

Thats NOT how she stated it YESTERDAY, ffs.


Thought it had to do with her husband Tate?.
Nothing to do with the bs story she's giving.
Is this Russian speaking Reade or English speaking Reade?

She was a junior staffer in the Senate.
Yet also claims to "know how America plans to bring Russia to its knees", ..because she once "worked in the Senate"

Junior staffers are not privy to that kind of information.

So today its, he liked he legs wtf. Someone needs a gag order.



 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
4. Smell of Bannon all over this.
Sat May 2, 2020, 02:31 PM
May 2020

Don't play twit or Facesmash,understand the GRU has thousands of Bots pumping this story.

cstanleytech

(26,297 posts)
8. Makes me wonder if some $$$$ is involved somewhere because why speak up now if not when he
Sat May 2, 2020, 03:15 PM
May 2020

was running for the VP spot with Obama or before when he was in the Senate? Granted, some of it could be because she was afraid but to be honest I just do not buy it though of course it is possible.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
9. +++++++++
Sat May 2, 2020, 03:22 PM
May 2020

All they (bannon, russkies, etc.) have to do is get it in the news enough that low-information voters start to think Biden is the same as credibly documented long-term assaulter red don.

Bengus81

(6,931 posts)
11. Did the same to Hillary and she got 4M more votes than Trump
Sat May 2, 2020, 03:27 PM
May 2020

Same shit, different election. Bill Clinton had highways shut down for his sex capades, Obama wasn't a US citizen, Hillary and her kiddy sex slave ring. And like clockwork here we go with the Biden BS.

This woman is a 100% fake and a nut job and will be easily proven to be such.

Zoonart

(11,869 posts)
12. This is the game... exactly.
Sat May 2, 2020, 03:28 PM
May 2020

to level the moral playing field by dirtying up Joe with "but he did too".

azureblue

(2,146 posts)
27. the response
Sat May 2, 2020, 08:38 PM
May 2020

I have when I see these posts is to post what Trump has actually done, and asking the poster why he / she ignores that. Then a warning that Trump has a lot of skeletons in his closet, way beyond the crimes he has already committed and Mike Bloomberg knows where they are from Trump's NYC days. And every time they throw a lie at Biden, we will throw ten documented Trump crimes back in their faces.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
18. With Reade's history of fraud, there is probably more that the Russians could have learned about
Sat May 2, 2020, 04:03 PM
May 2020

That would explain her support for Russia and Putin over the last couple of years when previously she had been pretty anti-Russia. It would also explain why she suddenly "remembered" this assault that she'd never mentioned, even when she was praised Joe Biden for his positions on protecting women.

Who else has done a complete turn around on Russia and other issues that favor Russian interests? Lots of Republicans, I believe.

Historic NY

(37,451 posts)
10. So she complained about what?
Sat May 2, 2020, 03:27 PM
May 2020

You know where this is leading multiple stories.

A limited report, I don't think so

She was a staff intern, she thought she was too good to be asked to serve drinks.

Retaliation, how so asked to empty the waste paper baskets.

The is a picture of her and Joe floating around, I think she had said she had one.

Remember this is 1993 the laws were strengthen under title VII

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
13. Frankly, I've had it up to here with white women conflating comfort with safety
Sat May 2, 2020, 03:30 PM
May 2020

That crap has always been highly problematic when it came to white women calling the cops on Black people for simply being within their proximity. It creates life or death scenarios out of nothing and these same women usually come off being aggressive and confrontational.

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
17. Well, yeah... Reade chose not to call the cops simply because she was uncomfortable...
Sat May 2, 2020, 03:51 PM
May 2020

When she asked to serve drinks.

However, despite the differentiations in outcomes, I can see that same comfort/safety mechanism being applied here.

It can be highly problematic is a lot of ways, as we see here, whenever white women are put into situations where they feel uncomfortable. That's a direct outcome of the white privilege dynamic that has existed in this country since day one. These days, other than it just being limited to race, its expanded exponentially.

If a white woman feels uncomfortable about some situation she finds herself in in this country, you better believe that she's going to make that matter known.

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
19. In fact, the whole complaint is absent. We still don't have a complaint, so the AP headline is silly
Sat May 2, 2020, 04:07 PM
May 2020

It should be "Reade Now Says Her Complaint didn't include X.."

Neither the AP nor anyone else has been able to locate an actual complaint. She's changing her story now to match what she told the AP last year, which may or may not correspond to any actual complaint, since none has been found.

creeksneakers2

(7,473 posts)
25. This means she told a big lie.
Sat May 2, 2020, 07:45 PM
May 2020

She claimed she was demoted and fired for filing a sexual harassment claim. So that was a lie.

honest.abe

(8,678 posts)
26. This woman loves all the attention she is getting from this bogus scandal.
Sat May 2, 2020, 08:09 PM
May 2020

She has changed her story so many times its clear she has fabricated the whole thing.

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