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In March 2020, Tara Reade, a former Senate staff assistant of [[Joe Biden]], alleged that Biden sexually assaulted her in a [[Capitol Hill]] office building in 1993.<ref name=InterceptTimesup>{{cite news|url=https://theintercept.com/2020/03/24/joe-biden-metoo-times-up/|first=Ryan|last=Grim|title=Time's Up Said It Could Not Fund a #MeToo Allegation Against Joe Biden, Citing Its Nonprofit Status and His Presidential Run|website=[[The Intercept]]|date=March 24, 2020 |access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref><ref name=vox>{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/2020/3/27/21195935/joe-biden-sexual-assault-allegation|last=North|first=Anna|title=A sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden has ignited a firestorm of controversy|website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|date=March 27, 2020 |access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/489719-tara-reade-discusses-biden-allegation-with-hilltvs-rising|title=Tara Reade discusses Biden allegation with Hill.TV's 'Rising'|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=March 26, 2020 |access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/rose-mcgowan-alyssa-milano-joe-biden-alexandra-tara-reade-kavanaugh-a9454256.html|last=White|first=Adam|title=Rose McGowan calls Charmed co-star Alyssa Milano 'a fraud' for endorsing Joe Biden|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=April 8, 2020 <!-- From the timestamp in the HTML source --> |access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Halper_3/31/2020">{{cite news|last=Halper|first=Katie|url=https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/03/tara-reade-tells-her-story|title=Tara Reade Tells Her Story|date=March 31, 2020|magazine=[[Current Affairs (magazine)|Current Affairs]]|access-date=April 9, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> A Biden spokesperson said that the allegation was false.<ref name="nyt">{{Cite news |last=Lerer |first=Lisa |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/us/politics/joe-biden-tara-reade-sexual-assault-complaint.html |title=Examining Tara Reade's Sexual Assault Allegation Against Joe Biden |date=April 12, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=April 12, 2020 |last2=Ember |first2=Sydney}}</ref> Two friends of Reade and her brother stated that she previously told them of the alleged assault.<ref name="nyt" /> The handling of the reporting by the media has been criticized by various commentators.
In March 2020, Tara Reade, a former Senate staff assistant of [[Joe Biden]], alleged that Biden sexually assaulted her in a [[Capitol Hill]] office building in 1993.<ref name=InterceptTimesup>{{cite news|url=https://theintercept.com/2020/03/24/joe-biden-metoo-times-up/|first=Ryan|last=Grim|title=Time's Up Said It Could Not Fund a #MeToo Allegation Against Joe Biden, Citing Its Nonprofit Status and His Presidential Run|website=[[The Intercept]]|date=March 24, 2020 |access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref><ref name=vox>{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/2020/3/27/21195935/joe-biden-sexual-assault-allegation|last=North|first=Anna|title=A sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden has ignited a firestorm of controversy|website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|date=March 27, 2020 |access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/489719-tara-reade-discusses-biden-allegation-with-hilltvs-rising|title=Tara Reade discusses Biden allegation with Hill.TV's 'Rising'|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=March 26, 2020 |access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/rose-mcgowan-alyssa-milano-joe-biden-alexandra-tara-reade-kavanaugh-a9454256.html|last=White|first=Adam|title=Rose McGowan calls Charmed co-star Alyssa Milano 'a fraud' for endorsing Joe Biden|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=April 8, 2020 <!-- From the timestamp in the HTML source --> |access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Halper_3/31/2020">{{cite news|last=Halper|first=Katie|url=https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/03/tara-reade-tells-her-story|title=Tara Reade Tells Her Story|date=March 31, 2020|magazine=[[Current Affairs (magazine)|Current Affairs]]|access-date=April 9, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> A Biden spokesperson said that the allegation was false.<ref name="nyt">{{Cite news |last=Lerer |first=Lisa |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/us/politics/joe-biden-tara-reade-sexual-assault-complaint.html |title=Examining Tara Reade's Sexual Assault Allegation Against Joe Biden |date=April 12, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=April 12, 2020 |last2=Ember |first2=Sydney}}</ref>

''[[The New York Times]]'' reported about the allegation some weeks after several other publications; it stated that "[n]o 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".<ref name="nyt" /> Two friends of Reade and her brother stated that she previously told them of the alleged assault.<ref name="nyt" /> The handling of the reporting by the media has been criticized by various commentators.


== Background ==
== Background ==
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At age 29, Tara Reade was a staff assistant in the office of then Senator Joe Biden from December 1992 to August 1993 with responsibilities such as supervision of the office's [[page of the United States Senate|intern]]s and [[internal mail|mail delivery]].<ref name="Halper_3/31/2020"/>
At age 29, Tara Reade was a staff assistant in the office of then Senator Joe Biden from December 1992 to August 1993 with responsibilities such as supervision of the office's [[page of the United States Senate|intern]]s and [[internal mail|mail delivery]].<ref name="Halper_3/31/2020"/>


Also known as Alexandra Tara Reade,<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theunion.com/opinion/columns/alexandra-tara-reade-a-girl-walks-into-the-senate/|title=Alexandra Tara Reade: A girl walks into the Senate|last=Reade|first=Alexandra Tara|website=www.theunion.com|language=en-US|access-date=April 18, 2020}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=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/|title=A woman accuses Joe Biden of sexual assault, and all hell breaks loose online. Here's what we know|last=Marcotte|first=Amanda|date=March 31, 2020|website=Salon|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref> she is a writer<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/04/17/joe-biden-tara-reade-metoo-problem-sexual-assault-allegation-column/5140707002/</ref><ref>https://heavy.com/news/2020/03/tara-reade/</ref> from [[Nevada County, California]],<ref name="auto1"/> who helps run [[non-profit organization]]s.<ref name="Halper_3/31/2020"/><ref name="WE200415" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404045216/https://www.alexandrareade.com/|title=Alexandra Tara Reade - Home|date=April 4, 2019|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> According to the ''[[Washington Examiner]],'' after working in Washington, Reade left and became a mother.<ref name="WE200415">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/everything-we-know-about-the-biden-sexual-assault-allegation|title=Everything we know about the Biden sexual assault allegation|last1=Larsen|first1=Emily|date=April 15, 2020|publisher=Washington Examiner|access-date=April 16, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Halper_3/31/2020"/> She earned a law degree from [[Seattle University School of Law]] but has not practiced law.<ref name="CA200331">{{cite web |author1=Katie Halper |title=Tara Reade Tells Her Story |url=https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/03/tara-reade-tells-her-story |website=Current Affairs |accessdate=April 18, 2020 |date=March 31, 2020}}</ref><ref name="WE200415" /> She stated that she is an [[expert witness]] in [[Monterey County, California]] [[domestic violence]] cases, which she does for a stipend.<ref name="WE200415" /><ref name="Halper_3/31/2020"/> She was an actress and a model in her early life.<ref name="WE200415" />
Also known as Alexandra Tara Reade,<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theunion.com/opinion/columns/alexandra-tara-reade-a-girl-walks-into-the-senate/|title=Alexandra Tara Reade: A girl walks into the Senate|last=Reade|first=Alexandra Tara|website=www.theunion.com|language=en-US|access-date=April 18, 2020}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=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/|title=A woman accuses Joe Biden of sexual assault, and all hell breaks loose online. Here's what we know|last=Marcotte|first=Amanda|date=March 31, 2020|website=Salon|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref> she is a writer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/04/17/joe-biden-tara-reade-metoo-problem-sexual-assault-allegation-column/5140707002/|title=If Joe Biden wants due process in his sexual assault case, he should back it for others|first=Cathy|last=Young|website=USA TODAY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://heavy.com/news/2020/03/tara-reade/|title=Tara Reade: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|first=Jessica|last=McBride|date=March 27, 2020}}</ref> from [[Nevada County, California]],<ref name="auto1"/> who helps run [[non-profit organization]]s.<ref name="Halper_3/31/2020"/><ref name="WE200415" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404045216/https://www.alexandrareade.com/|title=Alexandra Tara Reade - Home|date=April 4, 2019|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> According to the ''[[Washington Examiner]],'' after working in Washington, Reade left and became a mother.<ref name="WE200415">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/everything-we-know-about-the-biden-sexual-assault-allegation|title=Everything we know about the Biden sexual assault allegation|last1=Larsen|first1=Emily|date=April 15, 2020|publisher=Washington Examiner|access-date=April 16, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Halper_3/31/2020"/> She earned a law degree from [[Seattle University School of Law]] but has not practiced law.<ref name="CA200331">{{cite web |author1=Katie Halper |title=Tara Reade Tells Her Story |url=https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/03/tara-reade-tells-her-story |website=Current Affairs |accessdate=April 18, 2020 |date=March 31, 2020}}</ref><ref name="WE200415" /> She stated that she is an [[expert witness]] in [[Monterey County, California]] [[domestic violence]] cases, which she does for a stipend.<ref name="WE200415" /><ref name="Halper_3/31/2020"/> She was an actress and a model in her early life.<ref name="WE200415" />


=== Joe Biden ===
=== Joe Biden ===
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''The New York Times'' reporters additionally interviewed the chief and deputy-chief of Biden's Senate staff during 1992 and 1993 as well as its long-term executive assistant. They expressed their doubts as to the veracity of Reade's account, arguing that that they would have recalled Reade's complaints about Biden's conduct had she made them while also asserting that the behavior alleged would be out of character for him. Melissa Lefko, then a staff assistant for Biden, told the reporters that she had never experienced harassment and that in her opinion, Biden's office was a "very supportive environment for women."<ref name="nyt" />
''The New York Times'' reporters additionally interviewed the chief and deputy-chief of Biden's Senate staff during 1992 and 1993 as well as its long-term executive assistant. They expressed their doubts as to the veracity of Reade's account, arguing that that they would have recalled Reade's complaints about Biden's conduct had she made them while also asserting that the behavior alleged would be out of character for him. Melissa Lefko, then a staff assistant for Biden, told the reporters that she had never experienced harassment and that in her opinion, Biden's office was a "very supportive environment for women."<ref name="nyt" />

===Interactions with Time's Up Legal Defense Fund===
In January&ndash;February 2020, Reade unsuccessfully sought to retain a lawyer for public relations purposes with regard to her allegation against Biden by way of referrals from [[Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund]]<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/biden-campaign-team-denies-past-sexual-assault-allegation-former-senate-staffer-1494794|title=Joe Biden's sexual assault accuser wants to be able to speak out without fear of "powerful men"|first=Chantal Da Silva On 3/27/20 at 11:50 PM|last=EDT|date=March 27, 2020|website=Newsweek}}</ref> (administered by the [[National Women's Law Center]]<ref>https://nwlc.org/times-up-legal-defense-fund/</ref>). In March, an article in ''[[The Intercept]]'' said Times Up LDF declined to assist Reade,<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://theintercept.com/2020/03/24/joe-biden-metoo-times-up/|title=Time’s Up Said It Could Not Fund a #MeToo Allegation Against Joe Biden, Citing Its Nonprofit Status and His Presidential Run|first=Ryan|last=Grim|date=March 24, 2020}}</ref> a decision the Fund made owing to Biden's status as a U.S. presidential candidate and the Fund's non-profit status.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/23/tara-reade-biden-202785|title=Biden sexual assault allegation roils #MeToo movement|website=POLITICO}}</ref><ref name="auto3"/> From this ''Intercept'' article, Reade became aware of [[Anita Dunn]]'s dual roles<ref name="auto2"/> with Time's Up LDF and with Biden's campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/us/politics/joe-biden-anita-dunn.html|title=Joe Biden Shakes Up Campaign Leadership, Elevating Anita Dunn|first1=Katie|last1=Glueck|first2=Jonathan|last2=Martin|date=February 7, 2020|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/joe-biden-sexual-assault-allegations-why-has-media-ignored-claims|title=Why has the media ignored sexual assault allegations against Biden? &#124; Arwa Mahdawi|first=Arwa|last=Mahdawi|date=March 28, 2020|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>


== Media coverage ==
== Media coverage ==

Revision as of 18:00, 24 April 2020

"Tara Reade" redirects here. For the actress, see Tara Reid.

In March 2020, Tara Reade, a former Senate staff assistant of Joe Biden, alleged that Biden sexually assaulted her in a Capitol Hill office building in 1993.[1][2][3][4][5] A Biden spokesperson said that the allegation was false.[6]

The New York Times reported about the allegation some weeks after several other publications; it stated that "[n]o 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".[6] Two friends of Reade and her brother stated that she previously told them of the alleged assault.[6] The handling of the reporting by the media has been criticized by various commentators.

Background

Tara Reade

Tara Reade's U.S. Senate identification badge photo

At age 29, Tara Reade was a staff assistant in the office of then Senator Joe Biden from December 1992 to August 1993 with responsibilities such as supervision of the office's interns and mail delivery.[5]

Also known as Alexandra Tara Reade,[7][8] she is a writer[9][10] from Nevada County, California,[7] who helps run non-profit organizations.[5][11][12] According to the Washington Examiner, after working in Washington, Reade left and became a mother.[11][5] She earned a law degree from Seattle University School of Law but has not practiced law.[13][11] She stated that she is an expert witness in Monterey County, California domestic violence cases, which she does for a stipend.[11][5] She was an actress and a model in her early life.[11]

Joe Biden

Main article: Joe Biden

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden served as a U.S. Senator from 1973 to 2009. He has been accused of inappropriate physical contact in the past. Photographs and videos show Biden in close proximity to women and children, including kissing, gripping, nose rubbing and touching.[14][15][16] The women involved have said they felt uncomfortable but none of them have accused Biden of sexual assault.[17] Biden has described himself as a "tactile politician" and admitted this behavior has caused trouble for him in the past.[18]

Allegations

During an interview with a reporter in April 2019, Reade alleged that Biden touched her inappropriately and sexually harassed her while she worked in his U.S. Senate office. Reade made the allegation after watching an episode of the The View on April 1, 2019, in which Nevada politician Lucy Flores had alleged that Biden sniffed her hair and kissed the back of her head shortly before a political rally in 2014.[1][19]

During an interview with Katie Halper which was released as a podcast on March 25, 2020, Reade alleged that Biden had pushed her against a wall and penetrated her with his fingers in a Capitol Hill office building in 1993.[8] Reade told NPR, "His hands went underneath my clothing and he was touching me in my private areas and without my consent". She said that, when she pulled away, Biden told her that "You're nothing to me, nothing."[20]

Addressing what her objective was for revealing her allegation, Reade said during the interview, "I’m hoping by coming forward with this—and I know it’s hard to listen to, and it’s hard to live in it, right? But my justice now, the only justice I can have, is to be moving freely in the world and to heal and not be silenced."[5] On April 9, 2020, she filed a police report with the Washington Metropolitan Police Department alleging she was sexually assaulted in spring 1993.[20][21] NPR confirmed that a record of the police report named Biden.[20] Reade acknowledged that the statute of limitations has lapsed, and she stated that she filed the report "for safety reasons only".[2][6][22]

On April 12, 2020, The New York Times released an analysis of their investigative reporting in which they interviewed Reade, several of her friends, lawyers, nearly two dozen people who worked with Biden in the early 1990s, and seven women who accused Biden of kissing, hugging, or touching them in ways that had made them feel uncomfortable. No other allegations about sexual assault surfaced in the course of this reporting. No former Biden staff members corroborated any details of Reade's allegation, although several of the seven women stated that they believed Reade but had no new knowledge about the incident.[6] Two friends of Reade confirmed to The New York Times that she had told them of the alleged assault (one in 1993 shortly after the alleged assault took place, the other in 2008). Reade's brother has also publicly stated that she had told him about it,[6] initially saying that Reade told him that Biden had touched her neck and shoulders, but several days later he told The Washington Post that he also remembered that she had said that Biden had reached "under her clothes."[23]

The New York Times reporters additionally interviewed the chief and deputy-chief of Biden's Senate staff during 1992 and 1993 as well as its long-term executive assistant. They expressed their doubts as to the veracity of Reade's account, arguing that that they would have recalled Reade's complaints about Biden's conduct had she made them while also asserting that the behavior alleged would be out of character for him. Melissa Lefko, then a staff assistant for Biden, told the reporters that she had never experienced harassment and that in her opinion, Biden's office was a "very supportive environment for women."[6]

Interactions with Time's Up Legal Defense Fund

In January–February 2020, Reade unsuccessfully sought to retain a lawyer for public relations purposes with regard to her allegation against Biden by way of referrals from Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund[24] (administered by the National Women's Law Center[25]). In March, an article in The Intercept said Times Up LDF declined to assist Reade,[26] a decision the Fund made owing to Biden's status as a U.S. presidential candidate and the Fund's non-profit status.[27][26] From this Intercept article, Reade became aware of Anita Dunn's dual roles[24] with Time's Up LDF and with Biden's campaign.[28][24][29]

Media coverage

The allegations, and the delayed response by major media publications, stirred mixed sentiments across the American political spectrum.[30] On March 28, 2020, The Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi asked in an op-ed: "Why has the media ignored sexual assault allegations against Biden?". She also wrote about how right-wing media outlets embraced the controversy, remarking that "It is hugely frustrating to see conservatives, who couldn't give a damn about the multiple sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump, weaponize the accusations against Biden." Mahdawi added that she found it "also frustrating to see so many liberals turning a blind eye" to a serious allegation.[31][32]

The New York Times was criticized by several commentators for its delayed coverage of the allegation and how it differed from reporting on other allegations in the past.[33][34][35] Its executive editor, Dean Baquet, published an op-ed on April 13, 2020, responding to these criticisms.[36][37][38][39] In an interview with the newspaper's media columnist Ben Smith, Baquet responded to a controversy about a line in the news story that was removed after the piece's initial publication. The sentence previously read: "The Times found no pattern of sexual misconduct by Mr. Biden, beyond the hugs, kisses and touching that women previously said made them uncomfortable." Baquet explained that it had been included originally in order not to falsely imply that other individuals had made allegations of as invasive in nature as Reade's but thereafter removed because of "awkward phrasing issue that could be read different ways."[40] Baquet stated that the edit was made after the Biden campaign had objected to it because "[it] made it look like there were other instances in which he had been accused of sexual misconduct."[39]

Reactions

On April 14, 2020, in an online conversation with The Wing, U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that it was legitimate to discuss Reade's allegation against Biden.[41][42]

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a national co-chair of Biden's campaign, discussed the allegation on NPR. She said "Well, I think women should be able to tell their stories. I think that it is important that these allegations are vetted, from the media to beyond...And so it's hard to give you greater insight than that, not knowing more about the situation."[43]

According to the Washington Examiner, tech news website Daily Dot, and some additional media outlets, in the aftermath of Reade's revelation, certain social media posters proffered conspiracy theories; for example, owing to Reade's having authored a 2019 blogpost story that had also been translated into Russian, some of them speculated that Reade's allegation were at the behest of Russian intelligence agencies.[44][45][46]

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