Biden accuser Tara Reade seeks $100mn over US govt ‘weaponization’

Tara Reade, a former congressional staffer who has accused Joe Biden of sexual assault, has amended her tort complaint against US agencies and officials following last week’s appointment of Kash Patel as FBI director.

Reade’s complaint stems from her time working with Biden in the 1990s, when he was a US senator for Delaware. Originally filed last year, the complaint alleges that Reade became the target of a concerted effort to discredit her after she publicly voiced her accusations against Biden during the 2020 presidential campaign. The purported campaign involved the “weaponization” of government entities, including the Department of Justice and the FBI, for which Reade initially sought $10 million in damages. The updated filing now claims ten times that amount.