"Publications Have Run Stories With Far Less:" Harvey Weinstein Investigator Says That Tara Reade's Story Has More Evidence Than Most Allegations

Update:

37 We have already established that Biden is "not guilty by reason of Democrat affiliation." Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Rick McHugh previously reported on Weinstein's many victims, so he's not new to this rodeo.

In the interview below, he says the following:

* Tara Reade says she told her mother, her friend, and her brother about the sexual assault just after it happened. The mother has passed, but the friend and brother confirm they were told about this at the time.

* He further says his interviews of the friend and brother were "not short conversations," but long ones, where he "drilled down" to discover if their recollections matched the story Reade was telling now. He says they do in fact match.

* He notes further that the timing of this claim tracks with Reade's sudden demotion at the Senate.

* Tara Reade says she also filed a complaint with the Senate about sexual harassment (not assault, which happened later) after her complaint to the Biden staff was ignored. McHugh cannot find this document, but says it seems to be located (assuming it exists) at the University of Maryland's collection of Joe Biden's papers -- which is conveniently under seal.

He seems to think this document used to exist, but now says it is very unlikely it will ever be found. Draw your own conclusions about that.

I suspect it can be found right next to Obama's college transcripts, somewhere at the bottom of the Atlantic.

I would point out myself that Reade's failure to press a claim at the time makes sense if she did in fact make two prior sexual harassment claims only to see both ignored and covered up.

* He also says that the Biden campaign's claim that she's some kind of RUSSIAN AGENT or Putin admirer is so silly that the Biden camp isn't pushing that claim any longer. Reade explains that she was in a creative writing class and was attempting to write a novel and that her "Russian writings" were part of that process.

posted by Ace at 01:57 PM

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