Joe Biden on Friday gave his first public comments on a sexual assault allegation that has threatened to roil his presidential campaign, denying the incident occurred. Former Senate staffer Tara Reade says Biden assaulted her in the basement of a Capitol Hill office building in the 1990s. Appearing on MSNBC, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden clearly denied the allegation that he sexually assaulted a former Senate staffer in the 1990s. 0:15Accuser has given multiple interviewsReade publicly accused Biden of inappropriate touching last year, but did not allege sexual assault. "So I talked about the sexual harassment and what I was comfortable talking about, but I wasn't ready to talk about sexual assault."

Source: CBC News May 01, 2020 12:22 UTC