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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTara Reade's brother keeps changing his story.
On two accounts, he claimed Reade had told him about Biden's inappropriate touching / harassment in his office. One came in an interview with the Washington Post and another with ABC News.
In his interview with the Washington Post, he mentioned the touching initially but said NOTHING about Biden sexually assaulting Reade. Days later, he sent a text to the Post writer clarifying that she had also told him about the sexual assault but didn't explain why he neglected to mention that...in an article about the sexual assault!
Then, in an ABC News article, Reade's brother initially said he was told by Reade THIS spring of the assault. Again, Reade's brother was forced to clarify his comments and, again, changed his story:
So, her brother left out the sexual assault in his first interview with the Post, had to text the author days later clarifying that he forgot to mention the sexual assault - then, in an interview with ABC, says Tara told him of harassment at work all those years ago and then told him this spring about the assault, but has to again later clarify that, no, he was told all those years ago about the assault.
It. Is. Not. Adding. Up.
It's clear her brothet is lying about the timeline. If he's lying about the timeline, it means Tara is trying to get him to change what really happened, which makes her whole story extremely questionable.
HarlanPepper
(2,042 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)At this link..Krassenstein's thread starting with Urgent Thread..now, earlier when I read it there were 44 tweets, now 52..read through the whole thing..I see no other description for Reade other than she is a liar!!
Joe Biden is being swift boated..he does NOT need to get in the weeds - done!
Hav
(5,969 posts)Of course he only knew about it this spring. He hadn't gotten the latest story from his sister yet so it's not a surprise that his story changes with hers.
But when he supposedly knows the year and all those details, maybe he can be a bit more specific than his sister. Maybe he knows the month and possibly even the day it happened?
And the rape allegations also don't make sense in light of his initial comments. So his sister is sexually assaulted and he tells her to just "try and push past it"? Seriously? That's what happens when you make stuff up and elevate your initial claims to way more serious charges. It simply makes no sense.
I can believe that she might have had problems back then concerning the work environment. Not with Biden specifically but with others who worked there. In that regard, "try and push past it" makes more sense and the supposed comments by her mother of not talking to the press out of respect to the Senator would make sense as well. But it doesn't really matter because I think the brother's account is totally made up.