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Gothmog

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57. Ths story has far too many holes and changes to be credible
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 08:51 PM
Apr 2020



►People who contradict Reade’s claim. After the alleged assault, Reade said she complained about Biden's harassment to Marianne Baker, Biden’s executive assistant, as well as to top aides Dennis Toner and Ted Kaufman. All three Biden staffers recently told The New York Times that she made no complaint to them.
And they did not offer the standard, noncommittal “I don’t remember any such complaint.” The denials were firm. “She did not come to me. If she had, I would have remembered her,” Kaufman said. Toner made a similar statement. And from Baker: “I never once witnessed, or heard of, or received, any reports of inappropriate conduct (by Biden), period." Baker said such a complaint, had Reade made it, "would have left a searing impression on me as a woman professional, and as a manager.”
►Missing formal complaint. Reade told The Times she filed a written complaint against Biden with the Senate personnel office. But The Times could not find any complaint. When The Times asked Reade for a copy of the complaint, she said she did not have it. Yet she maintained and provided a copy of her 1993 Senate employment records.
It is odd that Reade kept a copy of her employment records but did not keep a copy of a complaint documenting criminal conduct by a man whose improprieties changed “the trajectory” of her life. It’s equally odd The Times was unable to find a copy of the alleged Senate complaint.
►Memory lapse. Reade has said that she cannot remember the date, time or exact location of the alleged assault, except that it occurred in a “semiprivate” area in corridors connecting Senate buildings. After I left the Justice Department, I was appointed by the federal court in Los Angeles to represent indigent defendants. The first thing that comes to mind from my defense attorney perspective is that Reade’s amnesia about specifics makes it impossible for Biden to go through records and prove he could not have committed the assault, because he was somewhere else at the time.
For instance, if Reade alleged Biden assaulted her on the afternoon of June 3, 1993, Biden might be able to prove he was on the Senate floor or at the dentist. Her memory lapses could easily be perceived as bulletproofing a false allegation.
►The lie about losing her job. Reade told The Union that Biden wanted her to serve drinks at an event. After she refused, "she felt pushed out and left Biden's employ," the newspaper said last April. But Reade claimed this month in her Times interview that after she filed a sexual harassment complaint with the Senate personnel office, she faced retaliation and was fired by Biden’s chief of staff.
Leaving a job after refusing to serve drinks at a Biden fundraiser is vastly different than being fired as retaliation for filing a sexual harassment complaint with the Senate. The disparity raises questions about Reade’s credibility and account of events.
►Compliments for Biden. In the 1990s, Biden worked to pass the Violence Against Women Act. In 2017, on multiple occasions, Reade retweeted or “liked” praise for Biden and his work combating sexual assault. In the same year, Reade tweeted other compliments of Biden, including: “My old boss speaks truth. Listen.” It is bizarre that Reade would publicly laud Biden for combating the very thing she would later accuse him of doing to her.

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Research all of Trump's BittyJenkins Apr 2020 #1
Trump saw his failing poll numbers and is freaking the fuck out C_U_L8R Apr 2020 #2
That is exactly what I have been saying. My story has not changed in 40 years! Maraya1969 Apr 2020 #3
Biden needs to address it NOW. milestogo Apr 2020 #4
He already denied it I-am-sancho Apr 2020 #5
Bingo! marble falls Apr 2020 #9
You are right still_one Apr 2020 #12
I agree subana Apr 2020 #41
Welcome to DU wryter2000 Apr 2020 #49
What is he supposed to do? Walleye Apr 2020 #6
He is going to address it tomorrow on Morning Joe PatSeg Apr 2020 #45
He is? Where'd you hear that? Too early for West Coast! nolabear Apr 2020 #52
On MSNBC and on DU PatSeg Apr 2020 #53
Thanks. I'm seeing more about it now. nolabear Apr 2020 #54
You're welcome PatSeg Apr 2020 #55
I don't give it any thought. Think Benghazi or e mails? pwb Apr 2020 #7
This is one of those things... stillcool Apr 2020 #10
Do your own thing. pwb Apr 2020 #11
You don't praise your assaulter's quest against violence against women Hav Apr 2020 #8
Bingo still_one Apr 2020 #13
exactly!! subana Apr 2020 #43
Your story may not have changed as you've told it to others over the years. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #14
How common is it to go Hav Apr 2020 #15
Pushing fingers into a genital area is a pretty common consensual activity as well as a not WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #16
Sure, victims may tell their stories in parts Hav Apr 2020 #17
Why bring Bernie into it? WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #18
Because that is around the time her story changed Hav Apr 2020 #20
No, I'm just making the point that her story was one thing until it was another, which is not WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #22
Could it be possible that she read her father's book, and picked up storylines from it ? OnDoutside Apr 2020 #51
Lets get real here...most are promoting the story in the hopes that somehow it will hurt Biden Demsrule86 Apr 2020 #27
And many are are embracing rhetoric that hurts all victims in an effort to support Biden. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #33
Tara and her supporters are the ones hurting all victims. BlueLucy Apr 2020 #36
By pushing lies hurts real victims. rockfordfile Apr 2020 #58
sure but she didn't do that qazplm135 Apr 2020 #19
. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #21
You really think a woman would say a man who raped her is good on Violence against Women? Do you Demsrule86 Apr 2020 #26
I'm not defending her. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #34
That's not true rockfordfile Apr 2020 #59
Exactly PatSeg Apr 2020 #46
have you tried a case? qazplm135 Apr 2020 #30
When this happened, we all wore panty hose. Old Terp Apr 2020 #37
Except she is not a victim. Drahthaardogs Apr 2020 #56
true rockfordfile Apr 2020 #60
She also praised Biden on this very issue...violence against women. Demsrule86 Apr 2020 #28
I am the victim of assault and remember every detail. My story has never changed...that is what Demsrule86 Apr 2020 #23
My experience as well. salin Apr 2020 #44
From USA Today. The author goes through her story piece by piece. AJT Apr 2020 #24
i refuse to even read about it... samnsara Apr 2020 #25
Stop convicting people over mere allegations zak247 Apr 2020 #29
Seem that only Democratic politician Kaiserguy Apr 2020 #31
And ever since the #MeToo movement took off, PatSeg Apr 2020 #48
You speak elequently for me as well. pazzyanne Apr 2020 #32
Unlike with trump's many accusers, it doesn't ring true. mwb970 Apr 2020 #35
I am a sexual assault survivor. BlueLucy Apr 2020 #38
I'm not sorry. This woman thinks she's a lying bitch. we can do it Apr 2020 #39
I believe Joe videohead5 Apr 2020 #40
I agree. bluescribbler Apr 2020 #42
Honestly, is there anyone here that really thinks this accusation against Biden hadEnuf Apr 2020 #47
This. Just this. TygrBright Apr 2020 #50
Ths story has far too many holes and changes to be credible Gothmog Apr 2020 #57
Great statement by Joe Gothmog May 2020 #61
Unfortunately, all they need is for it to be the lead story Bettie May 2020 #62
She's a liar. Happy Hoosier May 2020 #63
Mika went through a recap of all the ins and outs of this Tara Reade/Joe Biden matter. Gothmog May 2020 #64
Finally.. glad Mika caught up with what all the rest of us were seeing Peacetrain May 2020 #65
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