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Reade says she was too afraid to accuse Biden of sexual assault in 1993 report
In an interview with The Associated Press, Tara Reade – the former Senate staffer accusing former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, of sexually assaulting her 27 years ago – reported that she issued a limited report against Biden that did not explicitly use the terms sexual assault or harassment.