Ex-Biden staff member says Tara Reade was fired for poor performance, not harassment complaint
by Emily Larsen
| May 15, 2020 11:31 AM
A man who worked in Joe Biden's Senate office at the same time as Tara Reade in 1993 said that she was fired due to poor performance, not because she was retaliated against for complaining about experiencing sexual harassment in the office. Dozens of other staff members questioned other key aspects of her allegations, including that she was asked to serve drinks at a fundraiser.
Ben Savage, who was a systems administrator in the then-senator's office from 1993 to 1996, told PBS NewsHour in an article published Friday that he witnessed Reade mishandling her job of processing constituent mail.
“Of all the people who held that position, she’s the only one during my time there who couldn’t necessarily keep up or who found it frustrating,†Savage said.
Savage said that he told deputy chief of staff Dennis Toner about Reade's performance issues. Toner maintained that he does not remember Reade but said that he recalled Savage was a good worker.
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