Lawyers of Joe Biden accuser Tara Reade calls for turn-over of case-related documents

• The lawyers of Joe Biden accuser Tara Reade have called for the turn-over of case-related documents from the archives of the Senate and the University of Delaware.
• Reade’s camp stated that the university has archived Biden’s Senate papers, which potentially includes the complaint she had filed in 1993.
• The general counsel for Secretary of the Senate, however, turned down Reade’s request, citing confidentiality restrictions.

The lawyers of Tara Reade, sexual assault accuser of Joe Biden, have called for the turn-over of case-related documents from the Senate and the University of Delaware.

Reade’s camp stated that the university has archived Biden’s Senate papers, which potentially includes the 1993 complaint she had filed with a congressional personnel office.

Lawyer Douglas Wigdor called for Biden to “authorize a search [of his university archives] to determine whether they contain any records related to Ms. Reade.”

Wigdor declared, “Ms. Reade too is entitled to the process she deserves.”

Reade had claimed that the former Senator of Delaware had allegedly stuck his hand up her skirt and said, “I want to f–k you.”

Biden has already denied the claim and stated that he was not aware of any complaint.

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee also refused to open up his archives, explaining that the archives do not contain “personnel files,” and instead only contain other information that could be used against him during his campaign.

But Wigdor insisted, “To be frank, we … see no reason why an efficient, diligent, and fair search of the Archives cannot be completed in short order.”

The general counsel for Secretary of the Senate, Julie Adams, also turned down Reade’s request for a copy of her alleged personnel complaint. Adams cited confidentiality restrictions and stated that even if the complaint document existed, she has “no discretion to disclose any such information.”

Wigdor responded, “To put it simply, there is no basis, either in law, equity or common sense, for the Secretary to refuse to reproduce a copy of Ms. Reade’s [complaint] to her.”

When Biden agreed to allow the Senate secretary to release the document, if it exists, Wigdor dismissed it as a “disingenous” ploy, claiming that Biden had already known what Adams would say.

A representative for Biden stuck to his campaign’s previous statement, saying, “As someone who committed himself to changing the culture surrounding violence against women in this country, Vice President Biden knows it is paramount that women should come forward and be heard respectfully.”

“But it is also the duty of the press to base their assessments of claims on careful and exhaustive review of the facts. And an inescapable fact in the case of these false allegations is that more and more inconsistencies keep emerging.”

Source: New York Post