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RandySF

(58,723 posts) Thu May 7, 2020, 11:37 PM May 2020

Biden Accuser Represented by Trump Donor

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer who alleged Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, is being represented by a prominent lawyer and political donor to President Donald Trump’s 2016 Republican campaign.

Attorney Douglas Wigdor told The Associated Press he was not currently being paid for his work with Reade. His firm also denied there was a political motivation for his decision to represent Reade in her accusations against Trump’s presumptive Democratic opponent in the November election.

“We have decided to take this matter on because every survivor has the right to competent counsel,” the firm said in a statement.

Reade has said for weeks that she was struggling to find a lawyer willing to represent her. She’s accused Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993, when she worked on his Senate staff. He has denied her allegation.

On Thursday, Reade said she wanted Biden to be “held accountable” and called on him to drop out of the presidential race. Her comments came in her first on-camera interview, conducted by former Fox News and NBC News journalist Megyn Kelly.

https://apnews.com/10d2842623b2c299e2c673bf5a9e23ff

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Biden Accuser Represented by Trump Donor (Original Post) RandySF May 2020 OP

Hey Doug, there are thirty other women looking for an attorney out there. Give them a call. sop May 2020 #1

Tara Reade is not a good client. iemitsu May 2020 #2

Apparently, she's also an alleged crook: Lock him up. May 2020 #5

It seems politics is one job that crooks can still iemitsu May 2020 #6

Maybe we can get Tara Reade and her exhusband on Dr. Phil? still_one May 2020 #3

Who is surprised by this? Gothmog May 2020 #4

sop

(10,146 posts)

1. Hey Doug, there are thirty other women looking for an attorney out there. Give them a call.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2020, 11:42 PM

May 2020

iemitsu

(3,888 posts)

2. Tara Reade is not a good client.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2020, 11:50 PM

May 2020

She has walked back and changed her story numerous times.
That is why she had trouble finding a lawyer.
Only a Trump supporter would volunteer to do this job.

Lock him up.

(6,925 posts)

5. Apparently, she's also an alleged crook:

Reply to iemitsu (Reply #2)

Fri May 8, 2020, 04:04 AM

May 2020

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Once caught, criminals can't keep working in the Senate because they could represent all kinds of Security risks. Of course there are many Republican criminals there not caught yet...