Ryan Grim, the Washington, D.C., bureau chief at The Intercept, said Tuesday that the investigations into the validity of Tara Reade’s undergraduate degree “demolished her ability to be heard” for her allegations against now-President Biden.
Grim detailed on Hill.TV’s “Rising” how the media reports surfaced citing Antioch University officials who questioned whether Reade had obtained her undergraduate degree.
The reports led Seattle University School of Law to launch a probe into whether she should have been admitted.
The Monterey County district attorney, for whom she testified as an expert witness, also started investigating her for perjury for allegedly lying about her credentials.
“That pretty much demolished her ability to be heard on anything at that point because anybody who didn’t want to hear her out could just say look this is somebody who is being investigated for actual perjury,” Grim said.
“There couldn’t be a much more discrediting moment in somebody’s journey than that,” he added.
The Seattle University School of Law later “backed off its claims,” he said, and the district attorney declined to pursue perjury charges.
Last year, Reade had alleged that Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 when she worked for his Senate office. Biden has denied her accusation.
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