The editorial page of The New York Times urged the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Friday to investigate the sexual harassment and assault allegations made against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, while he was a senator.
For several weeks, Tara Reade, a former staff assistant in Biden Senate office, has claimed that in 1993 Biden sexually assaulted her in the Capitol complex when she worked as his staffer.
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Biden adamantly denied the allegations on Friday: "No, it is not true. I'm saying unequivocally it never, never happened and it didn't. It never happened."
Biden told MSNBC that he had no objection to the National Archives being searched with respect to Reade's allegations, but maintained that he was against opening the personal files he has provided to the University of Delaware, due to the "confidential" nature of the notes on the conversations he had with former President Barack Obama.
In its editorial, the Times' stressed that "as is so often the case in such situations, it is all but impossible to be certain of the truth. But the stakes are too high to let the matter fester – or leave it to be investigated by and adjudicated in the media. Mr. Biden is seeking the nation's highest office."
They concluded by saying that "even if certainty isn't possible in this matter, the American people deserve at least the confidence that he, and the Democratic Party, have made every effort to bring the truth to light."
