By Ryan Grim
A new piece of evidence has emerged
buttressing the credibility of Tara Reade’s claim that she told her
mother about allegations of sexual harassment and assault related to her
former boss, then-Sen. Joe Biden. Biden, through a spokesperson, has
denied the allegations. Reade has claimed to various media outlets,
including The Intercept, that she told her mother, a close friend, and
her brother about both the harassment and, to varying degrees of detail,
the assault at the time. Her brother, Collin Moulton, and her friend,
who has asked to remain anonymous, both confirmed that they heard about
the allegations from Reade at the time. Reade’s mother died in 2016, but
both her brother and friend also confirmed Reade had told her mother,
and that her mother, a longtime feminist and activist, urged her to go
to the police.
In interviews with The Intercept, Reade also mentioned that her
mother had made a phone call to “Larry King Live” on CNN, during which
she made reference to her daughter’s experience on Capitol Hill. Reade
told The Intercept that her mother called in asking for advice after
Reade, then in her 20s, left Biden’s office. “I remember it being an
anonymous call and her saying my daughter was sexually harassed and
retaliated against and fired, where can she go for help? I was
mortified,” Reade told me.
Reade couldn’t remember the date or the year of the phone call, and
King didn’t include the names of callers on his show. I was unable to
find the call, but mentioned it in an interview with Katie Halper,
the podcast host who first aired Reade’s allegation. After the podcast
aired, a listener managed to find the call and sent it to The Intercept.
Click here for the full report.
Source: The Intercept_
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