After his incredible resurrection in the Democratic primaries, who saw him win against the favorite Bernie Sanders, the former vice-president, candidate for the White House in November, finds himself under increasing pressure to answer the accusation sexual assault of a former assistant released to the public in late March.
Twenty-seven years after the fact, Tara Reade, 56, accuses Joe Biden of having sexually assaulted her in 1993, when he was a senator and she worked for her team in Washington. Mme Reade says he was alone with him in the halls of Congress.
Without real "Word exchange", she testified for the first time in a podcast broadcast on March 25, "He put me against the wall", kissed and "He penetrated me with his fingers". On April 9, she presented a report to the Washington police, in which she claimed to have been "Victim of sexual assault" in 1993, but without mentioning the name of Joe Biden. "This report is classified", a police spokesman said Wednesday, without giving further details.
Aware that the facts were prescribed, Tara Reade explained to the conservative newspaper Washington Examiner that she had presented this report to demonstrate that she was ready to make an affidavit. "It absolutely did not happen", Democrat spokeswoman Kate Bedingfield replied on April 13. "Which is clear with this statement: it is not true. "
A deafening silence
The Democratic candidate for the White House faces Tara Reade in deafening silence, while his team only parted in a firm denial in mid-April, to which they have since referred. No questions in recent weeks in interviews that Joe Biden, 77, gives from his home in Delaware, where he is confined because of the coronavirus. No mention in the many round tables that he hosts.
On Wednesday evening, April 29, the Democratic candidate for the White House highlighted his record in the fight against violence against women but without mentioning the case. Mr. Biden was asked about the sexual assault … but in the military. Without saying a word about Tara Reade’s serious accusations, he seized this opportunity, during a fundraiser by videoconference, to recall that he had co-presented a law adopted in 1994 to combat violence against women.
He also said that he worked under the presidency of Barack Obama to combat sexual assault in universities. "As vice president, I fought for" that specialized lawyers be deployed in the military, he added. "All options are, in my opinion, on the table to end this scourge" in the military, he said.
Tara Reade: Her accuser's name is at the top of Donald Trump’s campaign manager’s Twitter account, which will be re-elected in November. Trump’s team, himself accused by several women of harassment and assault in recent years, attacks Joe Biden and his supporters in particularly embarrassing words. Those of the former vice-president of Barack Obama himself, who said, and repeated, that he "It takes courage to report a sexual assault", calling to listen to the victims.
"He should give up the race"
A year ago, Tara Reade had accused Joe Biden, with other women, of gestures that they considered embarrassing but not related to sexual assault. The New york times has since interviewed her several times, along with her relatives and some 20 people who worked with Mr. Biden at the material time.
A friend of Tara Reade confirmed to the newspaper that she had him "Told the details of this accusation at the time". Another friend and M's brotherme Reade "Stated that she later told them about a traumatic sexual event involving Mr. Biden". Several former Joe Biden collaborators working in the Senate around the same time they said they never heard of it. "No other charges of sexual assault emerged during this investigation" published on April 14, the newspaper said.
For the past week, the sites The Intercept and Business Insider released new material and testimony from an older neighbor that Tara Reade told her about the attack. Several supporters of Democratic Party primary Joe Biden's former rival Bernie Sanders have called on him to withdraw his candidacy.
Claim "That Trump is not going to piss off the Democratic Party's hypocrisy" facing alleged victims "Don't seem like a good idea", tweeted Claire Sandberg, a former member of Bernie Sanders' campaign team, on Tuesday. “Out of respect for the victims and for the good of his country, he should give up the race. "
