PBS NewsHour tracked down and interviewed 74 former Biden staffers:
Most people didn’t remember Reade, those who did remembered her poor job performance leading to her dismissal and question her account of being asked to serve drinks. The article also notes that, while Biden did use the gym in the Capitol, his route to and from the gym was well known and “A recent walk through that area showed the subway tunnel contains no out-of-view areas, like an alcove” as Reade claims she was assaulted in.
A Politico article has come into contact with numerous people in California who report that Reade was, in effect, a lying deadbeat, forever hard up for money and coming up with excuses not to pay rent.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/15/tara-reade-left-trail-of-aggrieved-acquaintances-260771
There’s more.
And yes, I obviously take back my earlier musings about the possibility that she might have been inappropriately pinched or whatever.
Reade’s a scam artist, it would seem.
And the fact that republican Operatives Jacob Wohl and his frequent accomplice Jack Burkman are writing checks to get women to lie… doesn’t look good.
I read that article in full and let me say "Holy Shit! .
Look, you can get complaints about anyone, but the pattern there is highly suspicious and damning.
It amazes me that she apparently thought she could get away with this. Or maybe she just wanted the payoff, but somebody was sure dumb enough to think that this could get real traction. I can only think of one individual (colloquially sometimes referred to as “Individual 1”) who could be that dumb.
Next up: Fox News declares Tara Reade’s allegations to be now proven to be indisputably true.
Well if her ex landlords say she’s a fake rape victim I guess that’s it.
Did you read the article?
Yeah it wasn’t “she dressed provocatively” it was the other one.
Yes.
But I doubt the reporter, even though she is good, had the time to search as carefully for negative information from past acquaintances and friends of the people who said those terrible things about Tara Reade. Maybe every last one has skeletons in their closet. A lot of us do.
I do NOT think, for a minute, that Joe Biden raped a woman anywhere, let alone in a public hallway. That’s because evidence, for that extraordinary claim, is lacking. And the wisdom of the expired stature of limitations tells me it is too late to be developed. But if Joe is a rapist, he quite possibly only tries it with women who live in their own glass houses – like Tara Reade.
Character assassination without physical evidence, or at least multiple first-hand witnesses to the act itself, leads to nothing good. It’s easy for strangers to say that women should come forward no matter what, but their real personal friends might have different advice.
Does this mean a large fraction of rapists will get away with it? Yes. It’s part of the tragedy of human existence.
It’s not Joe Biden’s fault he’s more hopeful, and less willing to accept this tragedy, than I am. In a way, it’s admirable. So I’m not going to call him a hypocrite for having bought into believe-women. And it’s certainly not Joe’s fault that his accuser makes enemies.
If its all fake, the question is who is behind it?
Trump? Some right wing organization? Putin? Some other actor?
We need investigations into that too if these allegations fall apart. If right wing extremists or foreign actors are able to just offer someone a 6 figure check to have this happen, it needs to be published.
Reade seems to have a long history of money problems.
According to the article, she has a long history of money problems and conning people.
Both of which could play a huge role in her accusation. IF someone offered her money to make up the accusation, then thats a serious issue that needs to be looked into.
Fake criminal complaints do happen. The Duke LaCrosse players can tell you that.
Well, look above. Jacob Wohl and his frequent accomplice Jack Burkman paid a woman to accuse Dr Fauci of Rape.
*Jacob Wohl (born December 12, 1997 in Greater Los Angeles) is an American far-right conspiracy theorist, fraudster, and internet troll.[15]
Wohl is known for his involvement with lobbyist and conspiracy theorist Jack Burkman in multiple plots that attempted to frame public figures for fictitious sexual assaults, including in October 2018 against U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller, in April 2019 against 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, and in April 2020 against White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Anthony Fauci.[14][16][17] Wohl has created and promulgated other false or unfounded claims and conspiracy theories, mainly against Democratic Party politicians such as Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, Ilhan Omar, and Elizabeth Warren.[4][5][18][19][20] To aid his schemes, Wohl has created multiple fake private intelligence agencies, and has fabricated death threats and protests against himself.[21][22] On February 26, 2019, Twitter permanently banned Wohl for violating its rules regarding creating and operating fake accounts.[23]*
Yes but I’m sure there are many other right wing organizations that do that. There need to be thorough investigations into this.
As was mentioned above by Jophiel, the PBS investigation found the hallway where she said it happened has no alcoves, and has a lot of foot traffic. So if Biden had done it, there would probably be witnesses.
We don’t “need thorough investigations” into any of this. That’s just digging deeper into the weeds. ANY findings of ANY such investigation - and I mean ANY findings WHATSOEVER - are still going to be called bullshit by the people who want to believe that Biden did this. THERE IS NO POINT. When are people going to realize?
Yeah we do. If Reade is being paid to say these things, that needs to be investigated.
Who gives a fuck what Trump’s base thinks. They think Trump is a moral, intelligent person who cares about them on a personal level. They’re delusional.
however if there is a domestic or international effort to bribe people into committing slander and libel, it needs to be uncovered and punished.
No, her ex-landlords say she’s a grifter who is constantly looking to have people give her money and free stuff then ditches you with a pile of bills and damaged or stolen property. And someone who only ever spoke well of Biden and name-dropped him numerous times to get access to more services. Including with an attorney who had a background in domestic violence and who Reade hit up for free services and was turned down because the attorney didn’t see her as credible.
How people want to incorporate that information into determining the validity of her recent allegations is up to them.
Obvious liar is ever more obvious.
Nah, they’ll just run with another shiny object - look, Obamagate! - and let Reade drop into the memory hole.
Actually, I’m finding these investigations very helpful and useful. It’s a good and positive thing when these, and any allegations, are thoroughly investigated.
Being a shitty tenant doesn’t make you a liar about sexual assault, this is just getting weird. Animals crap on floors owned by people who rent to people who were sexually assaulted who leave without paying rent.
Just admit you don’t know what happened and stop being mean.