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mk  ·  1671 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Biden Accuser Reade's Allegations Match Scene from Dead Father's Novel

Seems like another politically-charged media frenzy around little substance.

    Dennis Toner, who was Biden's deputy chief of staff at the time and one of the people Reade said she had discussed her complaints with, told CNN in an interview on Thursday that he had no recollection of Reade or any conversation related to sexual harassment allegations.

    "I clearly would remember if we -- that is, if Tara and myself -- had any kind of conversation regarding sexual harassment allegations, let alone something involving Sen. Biden. It would stick in my mind. It would be burned in my mind," Toner said. "I don't understand it."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/01/politics/joe-biden-tara-reade-allegation/index.html

Her brother's account seems odd. It evolves from only inappropriate to specific details of an assault:

    The Washington Post interviewed Reade's brother, Collin Moulton, who told the paper that she had told him in 1993 that Biden had "behaved inappropriately by touching her neck and shoulders" but not about the alleged sexual assault. Several days after that interview with Reade's brother, the Post said, "he said in a text message that he recalled her telling him that Biden had put his hand 'under her clothes.'"

    Moulton later told CNN in a text message that Reade told him in the early 1990s that she had been asked to bring Biden his gym bag, and that in a private setting, he had cornered her against the wall and put his hands under her clothes.

Why take a side?