19th April 2020, 10:41 PM
Well, the NY Times and Washington Post finally reported on Reade's charge, and concluded that ...they couldn't find much evidence either way to prove or disprove it. I found both articles well worth reading, but I think (angry Biden haters who think they should have been more critical aside) that they mostly did a good job of covering the facts they could find, and lack thereof.
On the 'supporting the charge' side, Reade has a friend who fully backs up the charge, and repeated it, saying Reade told her about it back then. This friend did not return the press's calls last year, when Reade made her first, lesser charge, but now has. Additionally, it was found that Reade was removed from some aspects of her job in the Biden office, specifically the job of overseeing some interns, in early 1993, though the interns had no idea why. Then she left the job, and Washington, a few months later. Also her brother sort of backed up her claim as well, but not at first -- in his first interview he only mentioned the charge from last year, only to, several days later, tweet 'oh yeah and she also said this way worse thing'. I don't know about that, if that is true that's ... not the best way to get people to believe you.
On the 'against the charge' side, the three higher-ups in the Biden office who she claims she told about sexual harassment denied that anyone, her or otherwise, ever made any kind of claim like that about Biden. One said 'some Senators back then were known for doing that kind of thing, but Biden was not one of them'. Additionally, she claimed that she made a sexual harassment report back in '93, but no record of this report has turned up despite reporters searching for it. Such a report would have been required to be followed up with a hearing as well, but there is no sign of such a thing happening either.
And on the 'this is suspicious' front, that Reade's story has changed significantly over time is mentioned. In contrast, once Christine Blasey Ford talked about Kavanaugh, she told her story and stuck to it. Tara Reade hasn't done that. The bit I mentioned earlier about her brother is also odd. Her record of effusive praise for Putin doesn't help her credibility either. She has also given several stories over the years for why she left the Biden office and Washington, each completely different. And there is no paper trail whatsoever, no evidence either way to prove the charge true or false. Most sexual harassment claims are true and this one may be also, but if this is all the press can find it isn't enough to prove the case beyond doubt, that's for sure. I do think Biden might have done it, but it's probably more likely he didn't. But with what we know now there's no way to be sure either way.
On the 'supporting the charge' side, Reade has a friend who fully backs up the charge, and repeated it, saying Reade told her about it back then. This friend did not return the press's calls last year, when Reade made her first, lesser charge, but now has. Additionally, it was found that Reade was removed from some aspects of her job in the Biden office, specifically the job of overseeing some interns, in early 1993, though the interns had no idea why. Then she left the job, and Washington, a few months later. Also her brother sort of backed up her claim as well, but not at first -- in his first interview he only mentioned the charge from last year, only to, several days later, tweet 'oh yeah and she also said this way worse thing'. I don't know about that, if that is true that's ... not the best way to get people to believe you.
On the 'against the charge' side, the three higher-ups in the Biden office who she claims she told about sexual harassment denied that anyone, her or otherwise, ever made any kind of claim like that about Biden. One said 'some Senators back then were known for doing that kind of thing, but Biden was not one of them'. Additionally, she claimed that she made a sexual harassment report back in '93, but no record of this report has turned up despite reporters searching for it. Such a report would have been required to be followed up with a hearing as well, but there is no sign of such a thing happening either.
And on the 'this is suspicious' front, that Reade's story has changed significantly over time is mentioned. In contrast, once Christine Blasey Ford talked about Kavanaugh, she told her story and stuck to it. Tara Reade hasn't done that. The bit I mentioned earlier about her brother is also odd. Her record of effusive praise for Putin doesn't help her credibility either. She has also given several stories over the years for why she left the Biden office and Washington, each completely different. And there is no paper trail whatsoever, no evidence either way to prove the charge true or false. Most sexual harassment claims are true and this one may be also, but if this is all the press can find it isn't enough to prove the case beyond doubt, that's for sure. I do think Biden might have done it, but it's probably more likely he didn't. But with what we know now there's no way to be sure either way.
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