Joe Biden Officially Denies Tara Reade Sexual Assault Claim

Directly addressing the allegations that have upended his stalled campaign, former VP Joe Biden issued a statement denying sexual assault allegations made by Tara Reade – a former staffer who claims Biden digitally penetrated her against her wishes back in 1993

In the statement, Biden said the alleged assault “never happened” and that his papers at the University of Delaware include no mention of the incident.

The statement begins: “So I want to address allegations by a former staffer that I engaged in misconduct 27 years ago. They aren’t true. This never happened.”

In statement, Biden denies sexual assault allegation and says his papers at the University of Delaware don’t include any such record. Said accuser’s story has been inconsistent. “This never happened.” pic.twitter.com/ifFZ6nJV1m

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 1, 2020

UDel said yesterday it had no plans to release Biden’s papers.

The statement comes as MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” airs a supposedly “unscripted” interview with Biden over the allegations. However, a clip from the pre-filmed segment portends a flurry of softball questions, answered with the help of a teleprompter.

Here’s a photo of the teleprompter Joe Biden will likely be relying on this morning to answer questions about Tara Reade. pic.twitter.com/HuAgYEJAKh

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Today’s MSNBC “exclusive” with Joe Biden is not a serious, unscripted reckoning.

It’s a fan club running interference for another friend. pic.twitter.com/Bxart1L3cp

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Even the NYT is questioning why the major cable news organizations (aside from Fox News) have been reluctant to put Reade herself on the air. She has chosen to give her ‘exclusive’ interview to Fox News (rumor has it Chris Wallace, the network’s most reputable newsman, will conduct the interview).