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March 26, 2020

The Intercept: Time's Up Legal Defense Fund Refused to Support #MeToo Sex Assault Allegation Against Joe Biden
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The Intercept is reporting that the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund, set up
to help survivors of rape and sexual assault, refused to fund a #Me Too
investigation into allegations against Joe Biden. The charges were
brought by Tara Reade, who worked as a staff assistant for then-Senator
Biden in 1993, when she was in her mid-twenties. Reade told journalist
Katie Halper in an interview published Tuesday that Biden repeatedly
touched her without her consent and sexually assaulted her. A warning to
listeners and viewers: Her account is graphic.

Tara Reade: "And then his hands were on me and underneath my clothes.
And yeah, and then he went - he went down my skirt but then up inside
it, and he penetrated me with his fingers."

Reade approached the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund in January looking for
assistance, but was reportedly told the fund could not help her because
Biden is a candidate for federal office, and pursuing a case could
jeopardize the fund's nonprofit status. The Intercept reports the public
relations firm representing Time's Up Legal Defense Fund is
SKDKnickerbocker, whose managing director, Anita Dunn, is top adviser to
Biden's presidential campaign.


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