Tara Reade’s Claim Against Joe Biden Has More Corroborating Evidence Than Christine Ford’s Claim Against Brett Kavanaugh

Former Senate staffer Tara Reade has more supporting evidence for her sexual misconduct accusation against former Vice President Joe Biden than Christine Blasey Ford had for her claim against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Seven people have now corroborated details of Reade’s story. Reade has accused Biden of both sexual harassment and sexual assault. Biden and his campaign have adamantly denied Reade’s accusations.

Ford’s accusation against Kavanaugh, which earned support from virtually every high-profile Democrat, lacked that level of corroboration. There’s no evidence that Ford and Kavanaugh ever met in high school — the time of the alleged assault — and her primary corroborating witness, Leland Keyser, ultimately said she didn’t have confidence in Ford’s account.

Other than Keyser’s account, the biggest piece of corroborating evidence Ford had against Kavanaugh was the result of discussions nearly 30 years after the alleged assault was said to have taken place.