Secretary of Senate declines to disclose information on Tara Reade complaint against Biden

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Secretary of Senate declines to disclose information on Tara Reade complaint against Biden 
By Alexander Bolton - 05/04/20 11:14 AM EDT

The Secretary of the Senate has informed Vice President Joe Biden that it has “no discretion to disclose” the existence of former aide Tara Reade’s complaint of sexual harassment against the senator in 1993.

Biden gave his first media interview Friday denying Reade’s allegation that he pushed her against a wall and sexually assaulted her in 1993 when she worked for him.

On Friday he wrote to the Secretary of the Senate Julie Adams asking “that you take or direct whatever steps are necessary to establish the location of the records of this Office, and once they have been located, to direct a search for the alleged complaint and to make public the results of this search.”


The office in a statement provided to The Hill said the Senate Legal Counsel has advised the “Secretary has no discretion to disclose any such information as requested in Vice President Biden’s letter of May 1.”

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The Secretary of the Senate has informed Vice President Joe Biden that it has “no discretion to disclose” the existence of former aide Tara Reade’s complaint of sexual harassment against the senator in 1993.

Biden gave his first media interview Friday denying Reade’s allegation that he pushed her against a wall and sexually assaulted her in 1993 when she worked for him.

On Friday he wrote to the Secretary of the Senate Julie Adams asking “that you take or direct whatever steps are necessary to establish the location of the records of this Office, and once they have been located, to direct a search for the alleged complaint and to make public the results of this search.”
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The office in a statement provided to The Hill said the Senate Legal Counsel has advised the “Secretary has no discretion to disclose any such information as requested in Vice President Biden’s letter of May 1.”

More:  https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/495957-secretary-of-senate-declines-to-disclose-information-on-tara-reade-complaint

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So...Sloe Joe reveals where we might find documentation of Ms. Reade's complaint, and by coincidence it's a source that's prohibited from releasing it.  Cute.  As if his team didn't know that before they sent their meat puppet out to suggest it.

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Biden’s Lawyer Responds To Secretary Of Senate Who Said She Can’t Comply With Biden’s Request To Release Records

“Based on the law’s strict confidentiality requirements (Section 313) and the Senate’s own direction that disclosure of Senate Records is not authorized if prohibited by law (Senate Resolution 474, 96th Congress, Section 3(a)), Senate Legal Counsel advises that the Secretary has no discretion to disclose any such information as requested in Vice President Biden’s letter of May 1,” the secretary of the Senate Julie Adams said in a statement.

Hours later, Biden’s lawyer Bob Bauer, responded to her statement with a list of questions:

    “Is it just the existence of any such records subject to the same prohibition on disclosure?”
    “Is there anyone, such as a complainant, to whom such records, if they exist, could be lawfully disclosed?”
    “Could the Senate release the procedures and related materials, including any standard forms or instructions, that the office of Senate Fair Employment practices followed in 1993 for the intake and processing of any complaint of this kind?”

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https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/04/biden-lawyer-responds-to-secretary-of-senate-for-tara-reade-documents/