Biden Responds to Sexual Assault Allegation

The Daily DC

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🗓️ 1 May 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Joe Biden today for the first time personally addressed allegations that he sexually assaulted a former aide 27 years ago, saying "This never happened." In this episode of The Daily DC CNN Correspondent MJ Lee and CNN Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash discuss the allegation, Biden's response, and what this could mean for his presidential campaign.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:23.0	I'm saying unequivocally.
0:24.6	It never, never happened.
0:26.8	And it didn't.
0:27.7	It never happened.
0:33.6	For the first time, Joe Biden is personally addressing sexual assault allegations by his former
0:40.0	Senate staffer Tara Reid. The Democratic candidate is flatly denying it. Hello, everybody.
0:45.7	I'm Dana Bash, CNN's chief political correspondent, and this is the Daily DC. I'm in for
0:51.6	David Chalien today. Joe Biden unequivocally said that the alleged assault
0:57.0	27 years ago in the halls of the Senate office building never happened. Joining me now to discuss
1:03.2	more on Biden's response to this allegation is CNN's own MJ Lee, who has been covering the story
1:09.6	for us. Hey, MJ. Hi, Dana. All right. So, MJ, you've
1:13.7	been doing this for a while. This is now your wheelhouse, like it or not. So I want you to
1:19.6	tell our listeners what the backstory is. There's been so much news. People might have missed
1:25.8	exactly what went on that led to this moment.
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