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A woman comes forward with startling allegations. Working as a young

Senate aide 27 years ago, her boss sexually assaulted her, pushing her up against a wall,

reaching under her skirt, and penetrating her with his fingers. When she resisted,

the boss expressed his annoyance, saying, oh man, I heard you like me.

And then pointing a finger at her said, you're nothing to me, and walked away.

It is the sort of claim that in the Me Too era of just a couple years ago, would have caused

an uproar. Only the boss being accused is Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential

nominee. What should we make of the claims from the former aide, Tara Reed?

And as more sources come forward to say that she told them about the allegation at the time,

what is the responsibility of the news media to report on them?

We'll discuss with Ryan Grimm, the Washington Bureau Chief of the Intercept,

and one of the first reporters to take Tara Reed's claims seriously on this episode of Skull Duggery.

Because people have got to know whether or not they're presidents of crop, well I'm not a crop.

I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostage. My heart and my best intentions still

tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not. I did not have sexual

relations for that woman. There will be no lies. We will honor the American people with the truth

and nothing else.

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