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Biden Denies Former Staffer's Sexual Assault Allegation

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - Joe Biden denied a former Senate staffer's allegation of
   sexual assault on Friday, saying the accusation isn't true. "This never
   happened," Biden said.

   It's the presumptive Democratic nominee's first public comment on an
   accusation of sexual assault by his former Senate staffer, Tara Reade.
   He was to appear on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" to discuss the allegation for
   the first time on television.

   Biden said he will ask the National Archives to determine whether there
   is any record of such a complaint being filed.

   "The former staffer has said she filed a complaint back in 1993," Biden
   said. "But she does not have a record of this alleged complaint. The
   papers from my Senate years that I donated to the University of
   Delaware do not contain personnel files."