A Tale of Two Scandals

Who was more credibly accused, Joe Biden or Brett Kavanaugh? It’s complicated

Cathy Young
Apr 21 · 23 min read
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 27, 2018. (Photo by Andrew Harnik — Pool/Getty Images)

(See April 25 and April 27 updates at the bottom.)

week ago, Tara Reade’s sexual assault accusation against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden finally got noticed by the major national media — more than two weeks after she first made the shocking…

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