Hakeem Jeffries, House Dems' new leader, said Tara Reade's Biden accusation should be 'investigated seriously'
By: YahooNews
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House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries, who was elected Wednesday by House Democrats to succeed Speaker Nancy Pelosi, said during the 2020 presidential election that Tara Reade's sexual assault allegation against President Biden "needs to be investigated seriously."
Jeffries made headlines in April 2020 after he broke with his party to lend credibility to the claims made by Reade, a former Biden staffer who accused Biden of cornering her in a Senate office building in 1993 and sexually assaulting her.
Multiple people have corroborated parts of Reade's story since she first spoke out on March 25, 2020, but Biden and his campaign vehemently denied the claims.
"It's got to be taken seriously because this is a serious allegation raised by a serious individual and needs to be investigated seriously. We've probably got to hear from him [Biden] at some point directly," Jeffries told WNYC at the time.
"I'm not really in a position to say what is the appropriate mechanism, although this needs to be taken seriously," he said.
Reade was one of eight women who came forward in 2019 to accuse Biden of inappropriate touching. She later expanded on her experience with Biden in March 2020, alleging that he once pinned her against a wall and digitally penetrated her without her consent.
Top Democrats downplayed the allegation, despite it coming on the heels of the #MeToo movement. Then-Senate candidate John Hickenlooper made headlines in June 2020 after he said he believed Reade's allegations "to a large extent" but was going to support Biden for president anyway.
In October 2020, Reade released the book, "Left Out: When the Truth Doesn't Fit In," about her experience coming forward with the allegation.
Jeffries' office did not respond to Fox News Digital's inquiry asking whether the New York congressman still agreed that the allegation needs to be investigated or if he would support an investigation in the new Congress.
Jeffries won Wednesday's uncontested election after Pelosi and the two other incumbent members of the Democratic leadership, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, opted to step down.
Jeffries, a 52-year-old New Yorker, will be the first African American to serve as House Democratic leader.
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So I guess the "#metoo" movement was all for looks and not really out to make a change. It's should also be noted that the mouthpieces that claimed "believe all women" are silent on this.
So many failures.
The new Democratic Caucus Chairman calling for an investigation into the Democrat President isn't going to sit well with the party.
And investigated for those inappropriate showers with his daughter, Maybe instead of Brandon he should be called Chester?
He more closely looks like Herbert (old man with the walker from Family Guy)
Don't forget all the videos that came out showing him sniffing preteen hair and grabbing some undeveloped boobie.
They were too busy with everything Trump. I'm still waiting for relief from robocalls.
Why not?
Once Biden clinched the nomination, Jeffries didn't care anymore.
Party above all. But now it seems that is changing.