The PBS NewsHour spoke with 74 former Biden staffers, of whom 62 were women, in order to get a broader picture of his behavior toward women over the course of his career, how they see the new allegation, and whether there was evidence of a larger pattern.
None of the people interviewed said that they had experienced sexual harassment, assault or misconduct by Biden. All said they never heard any rumors or allegations of Biden engaging in sexual misconduct, until the recent assault allegation made by Tara Reade. www.pbs.org/...
Included in the report is an interview with the Ben Savage, who was Tara Reade’s supervisor, and whose desk was next to Reade’s. Savage directly contradicts Reade’s allegation that she was dismissed as retaliation for filing a harassment complaint. According to Savage, Reade was dismissed for poor job performance:
Savage, who worked as the office’s systems administrator, overseeing computers and information processing, told the NewsHour that Reade was fired for her poor performance on the job, which he witnessed — not as retaliation for her complaints about sexual harassment … according to Savage, Reade had been mishandling a key part of her job and an essential office task — processing constituent mail, something they worked on together.
Even before this new reporting, Reade’s allegation was not credible. www.usatoday.com/… The new information and context provided by the PBS report further reinforces that conclusion.