Full Interview: Biden Denies Sexual Assault Allegation From Tara Reade | Morning Joe | MSNBC

okay, let's bring in the apparent democratic presidential nominee, former vice president joe

biden

, mr. vice president, thank you for coming on the show this

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, we have what we want to ask you this

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. Joe and Willie will join us at one point for questions about how I would handle this pandemic, that campaign, and other news of the day, but in the beginning it's going to be you and me and I want to get right to the

allegation

made against you by Tara Reid, so that the former senate aide is accusing you of

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and please, to our viewers, excuse the graphic nature of this, but I want to make sure there was no doubt about what we're talking about, says in 1993 mr. vice president who pinned her against the wall and reached under her clothes and penetrated her with her fingers.

Could you please go on the record with the American people? Did you

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Tara Reid? No it's not true. I say it unequivocally, never, ever. It happened, no, it never happened, do you remember her, do you remember any kind of complaint she might have made? I don't remember any type of complaint that she could have made, it was 27 years ago and I don't even remember. Is there anyone else that I know of and the fact is that I don't remember? I don't remember any complaints being made. Have you or her campaign reached out to her?

No, I haven't contacted terrorists in 27 years. Recently this never happened and when she first made the claim we made it clear to her that it never happened and that is as simple as in the last 30 minutes or so you issued a statement in the middle and among other things you wrote this , there is only one. place such a complaint could be the National Archives. I am requesting that the Secretary of State ask the Senate to identify any record of the complaint she alleges she made, if there was such a complaint the record will be there. Are you preparing? us for a complaint that could be revealed in some way.

Are you sure there is nothing? I'm sure there's nothing. Nobody informed me 27 years ago. This is a statement at all. no one that I know of. in my campaign that I received my office in the Senate at that time I am aware of any request of this type or any complaint of this type and therefore I am not concerned at all if there is a complaint, that is where it should be . archived and if it's there, post it, but I've never seen it, no one has seen it, to my knowledge, the New York Times has investigated this extensively and found that none of their former staff members could corroborate the details of this

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, She filed a police report a few weeks ago with DC police, but since she wants to set the record straight, why limit this to just Tara Reed?

Why not publish any complaints that have been filed against you during your Senate career? I'm prepared to do that to the best of my knowledge, but there have been no complaints made against me in terms of my Senate career and I change my office and at least anything that has been executed look, it's just an open book, no There is nothing I can hide, nothing at all. They were unequivocal mr. vice president in 2018 during the controversy and the Kavanagh hearings and you said women must be believed, you said this for a woman to come forward in the bright lights, the national spotlight, it must begin with the presumption that at least The essence of what she is talking about is real, whether or not she forgets the facts, whether it has gotten worse or better over time, she will appear on national television on Sunday.

Tara Reid steps into the dazzling light to use her words. We do not begin with the presumption that the essence of what she is talking about is real. She says you sexually assaulted her appearance from the beginning. I have said that believing in women means taking a woman's statements seriously when she steps forward and then examining them. In this, this is also true in this case, women have the right to be heard and those under pressure rigorously investigate the claims they make. I will always defend that principle, but in the end, in all cases, the truth is what matters and in this case.

The truth is that the claims are false. Is it possible that these claims are contained in an NDA? Do you have any NDAs that have been signed by women who were employed by you? There is no sign of NDA and no one has ever signed it. I've never asked anyone. an NDA, there is no NDA period in my case, none. His Senate papers at the University of Delaware were supposed to be made public and then resealed, access changed. I know you are saying that any HR complaints could be in the National Archives, but why not reveal your tenant's documents that are being held in Delaware and there are now over 1800 boxes, but if she believes and alleges that the complaints they may be hidden there, why not fight for

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transparency, why was access to those documents sealed when they were supposed to be revealed, well, they weren't supposed to be revealed.

I gave them the University. The University said it will take time for them to check all the boxes. They said it wouldn't be and it wouldn't be before 2020. that happened or 2021 I don't remember the year they said but look at a record like this it can only be in one place it would be at it wouldn't be at the University of Delaware my files do not contain personal files my files contain documents and I said that's why I say personal personnel files, they don't contain any personal files, they are public records, my speeches, my document are my position papers and if that document existed it would be stored and the National Archives would be documents from her office.

The claims of having filed a complaint are stored there is where the set of controls for those files are stored, so today I ask the Secretary of the Senate to identify if any document of this type exists if he makes it public, but there are claims. and concerns and reports and Business Insider and she claims that possibly a complaint or some kind of record of this could be at the University of Delaware, so for

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transparency, why not push for the release of any documents with the name of Tara Reid, whether at the University of Delaware or the National Archives, first of all, let's get this straight: there are no personal papers, but you can't do that.

You wouldn't do it, for example, if you worked with the mayor. I worked for you and you had my income tax. It returns that you had my private documents, they are not for them, they are not published, so they are not part of the public record which, in fact, is what any senator, vice president or president has. her documents, if you look, there was a place where she could file the lawsuit and the plaintiff and that office at that time were all those records from that office are in the archives and are controlled by the Senate, that's where the personal documents would be if exists that is where the complaint would be if it exists given that you have said in the past that if a woman stands under the lights and talks about something like that we have to consider that the essence of this is real it is the essence of what she says It's real why do you think he's doing this?

I'm not going to question her motive. I'm not going to go into that at all. I don't know why she says this. I don't know why after 27 years. Suddenly this comes up. I don't understand it, but I'm not going to go in and question her motive. I'm not going to attack, she has the right to say what she wants to say, but I have the right to say, she looks at her. on the facts, check it out, find out if any of them what she says is true or true and based on the investigations that have been carried out so far, as far as I know, in two major newspapers, they

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ed dozens of members of my staff, not just the senior staff but the staff members told me that at least that's what they said and no one, this was not the atmosphere in my office at all, no one has ever said anything like this except mr. vice president regarding dr.

Ford everyone wanted that high level Democrat to say that he should be believed that they believed it happened you said that if someone like dr. Ford had to reveal the essence of what she says. You have to believe it. It has to be real. No, why is it real to the Dr.? Ford, but not for Tara Reid because the facts are that look, she I'm not suggesting that she had no right to come forward and never and I'm not saying that any woman should come forward, she should be heard and then she should be investigated she should be investigated and if there is something that makes it consistent with what is said and she presents the case or the case is presented then it must be believed but ultimately the truth matters the truth matters is a point that I fought for all my life to change the whole notion. of the law and sexual culture on the coast around sexual assault as I fought to strengthen and protect the process for survivors.

I think we've come a long way and we have a long way to go in this system before. We are actually in a position where there is a fair and unbiased opinion, but at the end of the day you have to look at it. These statements are not true, there is no cooperation, I mean, they are not true, Mr. Vice President, I can tell you: Well, I will try to ask in many different ways. Stacey Abrams said during the Cavanaugh hearings. I think women. I think assault survivors should be supported and divorces should be supported. Kirsten Gillibrand tweeted.

Do we believe in women? Do we give them the opportunity? opportunity to tell their story we must be a country that says yes every time they both support you Nancy Pelosi also falls into this category, as do many other leaders of the Democratic Party, they are women to be believed, they are women to be believed, unless appropriate . For you, women should be believed, given the benefit of the doubt, if they come forward and say something that is what they said happened to them, they should start with the presumption that they are telling the truth, then you have to look at the circumstances . and the facts and facts in this case do not exist, they never happened and there are so many inconsistencies in what has been said in this case, so yes, look at the facts and I assure you it did not happen, period, period, but why Is it different now?

Do you regret what you said during the Cavanaugh hearings? What I said during Kavanagh's hearing here is that she had a right to be heard and the fact that she came forward, the presumption would be that she is telling the truth unless there is evidence that she was not telling. The truth, I am not proven unless it is clear from the surrounding facts, is not the truth, as we see it, this is a lot. Sorry guys, please know a lot while we wait for the records from the National Archives, are you absolutely sure? Absolutely certain that there is no record of any complaints from Tara Reid against you.

I am absolutely sure that no one, to my knowledge, has been aware of any complaints. A formal complaint filed by Tara Reid against me at that time. This supposedly happened 27 years ago or until I announced it pretty well, I guess it was April or May of this year. I don't know anyone who is aware that any complaints were filed. I have two more courses, the first one is fine, please go. Next, the first is about the records of the University of Delaware. Do you agree with the report that those records were supposed to be released to the public and then resealed for a longer period of time until you leave public life?

And if you agree. with that if that's what happened why that happened because look the fact is that there are many things that from speeches I have made positions I have taken

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s that I did abroad with people all those things related to my work and the idea that everyone would be made public in the fact that while I was running for public office they could really be taken out of context the documents are position papers they are documents that existed and that when I, for example, when I go, when I met with Putin or when I met with whoever and all that to be campaign material right now and I don't know anyone who has done anything like that, so the National Archives is the only place where there would be something that would have to be done. which has to do with personnel records, there are no personnel records in the Biden documents at the University, so other than the personnel records, are you sure there was nothing about Tara Reid and those records?

If so, I'm absolutely sure not, why not approve a search for her name in those records approve a search for her name, yes, and the only thing that could be related to Tara Reid in the records of the University of Delaware there is nothing they wouldn't do, they are not there and if they know it, I don't understand what they are The point you are trying to make is that you are approving and, in fact, requesting a search of the records of the National Archives of anything related to Tara Reid. I'm asking why not do the same for the University of Delaware records that have raised questions because they were supposed to be released to the public and were sealed for a longer period of time, why not do it for both sets of records because the material at the University of Delaware does not have any personal files that it has other than it does have many confidential conversations that I had with the president on a particular issue that I had with heads of state from other places that that would not be something that would be revealed while was in public office or while seekingpublic office is simply the reason that, as far as I know, no one else has done it, or I'm just talking about his name, not anyone else in those records, a search of that, nothing classified, I would be the President or any other person.

I'm just asking why not look up Tara Reid's name in the University of Delaware records. I mean, who does that search at the University of Delaware? Delaware, maybe they've created a commission that can do it. I don't know what is the fairest way to create the most transparency. Well, this is look, mica, he said he filed a report, he has his employment records, but he still said he filed a report with the only office that would not have a report in the United States Senate at that time, if any Once the report was presented, it was presented there and that's it, if you could speak directly to Tara Reid about her claims or anything, what would you say?

I would never do this. did it ever happen I don't know what motivates her I don't know what's behind all this but it's irrelevant it never happened it never happened period I'm not going to start questioning her her... her motive I'm not going to get into it, I'm not going to start, I'm not going to to go after Tara Reed for saying these things, it's simple, what are the facts?, do any of the things she said?, do they add up?, it never happened, mr. vice president stay with us we're going to take a one minute break and then Joe and Willie will join us with questions about other news of the day we'll be back with former vice president Joe Biden in a minute thanks for checking out MSNBC on YouTube and be sure to subscribe to stay up to date on the most important stories of the day.

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