President Joe Biden's sexual assault accuser, Tara Reada, has left the US to defect to Russia.
The former Senate aide, Reade, announced her move to Russia in an interview with Sputnik, a Russian media outfit highly supportive of President Vladimir Putin.
Joe Biden's Sexual Assault Accuser Defects to Russia
According to Newsweek, Reade was Biden's aide in the 1990s when the latter was still a US Senator for Delaware. But in 2020, as Biden was running for President, she filed a criminal case, accusing the Democrat leader of sexually assaulting her.
Her complaint at the Washington Metropolitan Police Department filed last April 2020 accuses Biden of pushing her against a wall in a Senate corridor in 1993. Reade further claims that the current US President penetrated her using his fingers.
And this time, Tara Reade, the woman who accused Biden of sexual assault during his 2020 campaign, has reportedly defected to Russia, seeking safety and refuge.
The former Senate aide, now 59 years old, showed up at a press conference in Russia alongside Maria Butina. As per The Guardian, the latter is a convicted Russian agent who was arrested and jailed in the US. She now sits as a member of the Russian parliament.
Reade speaks up, saying that her defection to Russia makes her feel safe and protected. Biden's accuser recently teased testifying to the US House Republicans. But instead of doing so, she left the US to fly to the Russian country.
She says, "I felt that while [the 2024] election is gearing up and there's so much at stake, I'm almost better off here and just being safe."
The former Senate aide plans to seek Russian citizenship as she seeks refuge there. She disclosed in the press conference that she would "like to apply for citizenship in Russia from the president of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin." However, she still wants to keep her US citizenship moving forward.
Biden Denies Sexual Assault Allegations
Daily Beast reports that Biden has "unequivocally" denied the allegations hurled against him during his 2020 presidential campaign. He dismissed the accusations that he sexually assaulted his former aide while still a Delaware Senator.
The news outlet points out that Reade has long been a Putin supporter since 2019.
In the same press conference, Biden's accuser also addressed Russians amid the Ukraine war as the Biden administration has extended a helping hand to the latter amid the invasion.
Reade says, "I'm sorry right now that American elites are choosing such an aggressive stance. Just know that most American citizens want to be friends and hope we can have unity again."
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