{"id":25778,"date":"2020-05-01T15:46:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T15:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virusreports.net\/joe-biden-denies-tara-reades-allegation-of-sexual-assault-this-never-happened\/"},"modified":"2020-05-01T15:46:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T15:46:23","slug":"joe-biden-denies-tara-reades-allegation-of-sexual-assault-this-never-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/virusreports.net\/joe-biden-denies-tara-reades-allegation-of-sexual-assault-this-never-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden denies Tara Reade’s allegation of sexual assault: ‘This never happened’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden said Friday the allegation of sexual assault that former Senate staffer Tara Reade has leveled against him \u201cnever happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Biden issued a statement unequivocally denying the accusation and addressed the accusations during an appearance on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey aren\u2019t true,\u201d Mr. Biden said. \u201cThis never happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms. Reade claims Mr. Biden in 1993 pinned her to a wall, dug under her skirt and violated her with his fingers.<\/p>\n

Mr. Biden said Friday that if Ms. Reade filed a complaint at the time, as she claims, then the only place it could be is in the National Archives \u2014 not in the Senate papers that he donated to the University of Delaware.<\/p>\n

Mr. Biden said the complaint should be released if it exists.<\/p>\n

Ms. Reade last year said that Mr. Biden made her feel uncomfortable when she worked in his office in the 1990s and took things to another level in March when she accused him of sexually assaulting her in a basement hallway of the Capitol building.<\/p>\n

The allegation has hung over Mr. Biden\u2019s bid.<\/p>\n

On MSNBC \u201cMorning Joe,\u201d Mr. Biden said he has not reached out to Ms. Reade. Mr. Biden said he doesn\u2019t recall a complaint being filed against him and said he has never asked anyone working for him to sign a non-disclosure agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was 27 years ago,\u201d he said. \u201cThe fact is I don\u2019t remember, I don\u2019t remember any complaint ever being made.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an open book, there is nothing for me to hide,\u201d Mr. Biden said.<\/p>\n

It marked the first time that Mr. Biden had directly addressed the allegation. The Biden campaign had previously said the charge was absolutely false.<\/p>\n

Mr. Biden and Democrats have been cast as a hypocrite for arguing during Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s confirmation hearing in 2018 that a woman that levels allegations of sexual misconduct should be believed.<\/p>\n

Mr. Biden said Friday when women make allegations of sexual misconduct that they should get \u201cthe benefit of the doubt\u201d and said then \u201cyou have to look at the circumstances and facts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Biden said there is a \u201cgrowing record of inconsistencies in her story, which has changed repeatedly in both small and big ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Biden said Ms. Reade says she filed a personnel complaint against him in 1993, but said she does not have any record of it.<\/p>\n

Mr. Biden also pushed back against Ms. Reade and others who have called on him to release the Senate papers in response to the allegation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe papers from my Senate years that I donated to the University of Delaware do not contain personnel files,\u201d Mr. Biden said. \u201cIt is the practice of Senators to establish a library of personal papers that document their public record: speeches, policy proposals, positions taken, and the writing of bills.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Biden said that a record of the kind might be found in the National Archives.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am requesting that the Secretary of the Senate ask the Archives to identify any record of the complaint she alleges she filed and make available to the press any such document,\u201d he said. \u201cIf there was ever any such complaint, the record will be there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. 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