Former US Democratic Senator and 2020 presidential hopeful Joe Biden has been accused of sexual assault yet again.
Tara Reade, Biden’s former assistant, went to Washington, D.C. police last week and filed an official complaint against the Democratic presidential candidate. Reade joins eight additional women who’ve spoken out against Biden’s alleged repugnant behavior.
Unsurprisingly, Biden – who finally has received an endorsement from his former colleague and President of the US, Barack Obama – has denied all of the sexual assault allegations against him.
Reade, who’s now 56, worked as an assistant to Biden, who was then a Senator, between 1992 and 1993. It was during this time that Reade says she was sexually harassed and assaulted by Biden. According to Reade, Biden, on one occasion, pushed her against a wall and touched her under her blouse and skirt. After alerting her superiors to incident, Reade says that she was removed from her position’s duties.
Earlier this week, the New York Times released a piece titled “Examining Tara Reade’s Sexual Assault Allegations Against Joe Biden” which investigated Reade’s claims. The authors of the piece, Lisa Lerer and Sydney Ember, write the interns that were being supervised by Reade at the time confirmed that she did suddenly disappear, lending credence to Reade’s claims.
A spokesman has responded to the most recent claims of sexual assault against his Biden, saying: “He [Biden] believes women have the right to be heard and to be heard with respect,” said spokeswoman Kate Bedingfield. Such allegations should also be investigated by an independent press. What is clear about this accusation: it is not true. This has absolutely not happened.”
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