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Thread by Katie Halper: https://twitter.com/kthalps/status/1242691746561167360
This is a story that @ReadeAlexandra has been trying to tell since it happened in 1993. It's a story about sexual assault, retaliation and silencing. #meToo
Tara had already come forward about part of her story. After Lucy Flores accused Biden of touching her inappropriately, Reade was one of the 7 other women to share their own stories about Biden. Reade told reporters about the way he would put his hands on her shoulders, run his fingers up and down her neck. She considered talking about the rest of her story. But she didn't because her claims of sexual harassment got her doxxed and smeared as a Russian agent. That was April 2019.
Then in January 2020, Reade tried to come forward again, this time to@TIMESUPNOW @TIMESUPLDF. As @ryangrim reported on at @theintercept, the organization said they couldn't help her because Biden was a candidate for federal office & supporting a case against him could jeopardize their nonprofit status. Grim also pointed out that "The public relations firm that works on behalf of the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund is SKDKnickerbocker, whose managing director, Anita Dunn, is the top adviser to Biden’s presidential campaign."
Not surprisingly, there were no witnesses to the alleged sexual assault. But Tara's brother and her good friend, each of whom I've spoken with, recall being told about the assault by Tara at the time. This is a story that should have been looked into. Tara reached out to countless people to try to get her story out. Nobody would. Not even the one organization that was made to support women like her.
Here is her story: https://soundcloud.com/katie-halper/tara-to-post
Other reporting (will update as outlets post):
TheHill TV: https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/489719-tara-reade-discusses-biden-allegation-with-hilltvs-rising
Reason: https://reason.com/2020/03/26/joe-biden-tara-reade-sexual-assault-me-too-believe-women/
Yahoo Sports?: https://sports.yahoo.com/joe-biden-faces-sexual-assault-103805167.html
Vox: https://www.vox.com/2020/3/27/21195935/joe-biden-sexual-assault-allegation
Washington Examiner: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/biden-supporters-face-metoo-reckoning-after-tara-reade-accuses-him-of-sexual-assault
HuffPo: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-sexual-assault-tara-reade_n_5e7e69c8c5b6256a7a2a88f2
This is a story that @ReadeAlexandra has been trying to tell since it happened in 1993. It's a story about sexual assault, retaliation and silencing. #meToo
Tara had already come forward about part of her story. After Lucy Flores accused Biden of touching her inappropriately, Reade was one of the 7 other women to share their own stories about Biden. Reade told reporters about the way he would put his hands on her shoulders, run his fingers up and down her neck. She considered talking about the rest of her story. But she didn't because her claims of sexual harassment got her doxxed and smeared as a Russian agent. That was April 2019.
Then in January 2020, Reade tried to come forward again, this time to@TIMESUPNOW @TIMESUPLDF. As @ryangrim reported on at @theintercept, the organization said they couldn't help her because Biden was a candidate for federal office & supporting a case against him could jeopardize their nonprofit status. Grim also pointed out that "The public relations firm that works on behalf of the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund is SKDKnickerbocker, whose managing director, Anita Dunn, is the top adviser to Biden’s presidential campaign."
Not surprisingly, there were no witnesses to the alleged sexual assault. But Tara's brother and her good friend, each of whom I've spoken with, recall being told about the assault by Tara at the time. This is a story that should have been looked into. Tara reached out to countless people to try to get her story out. Nobody would. Not even the one organization that was made to support women like her.
Here is her story: https://soundcloud.com/katie-halper/tara-to-post
Other reporting (will update as outlets post):
TheHill TV: https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/489719-tara-reade-discusses-biden-allegation-with-hilltvs-rising
Reason: https://reason.com/2020/03/26/joe-biden-tara-reade-sexual-assault-me-too-believe-women/
Yahoo Sports?: https://sports.yahoo.com/joe-biden-faces-sexual-assault-103805167.html
Vox: https://www.vox.com/2020/3/27/21195935/joe-biden-sexual-assault-allegation
Washington Examiner: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/biden-supporters-face-metoo-reckoning-after-tara-reade-accuses-him-of-sexual-assault
HuffPo: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-sexual-assault-tara-reade_n_5e7e69c8c5b6256a7a2a88f2
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