Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is facing growing calls from within and outside his party to personally respond to a former aide's allegation that he sexually assaulted her nearly 30 years ago, an assertion Biden's campaign has denied
WASHINGTON - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday gave a forceful defense of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as some within her party urged him to directly address a woman’s sexual assault accusation against him that his campaign already has denied.
Biden’s campaign has said the incident never occurred. Biden, 77, himself has not responded to the accusation, and the former U.S. vice president has not been questioned on the matter in recent media interviews. “I have complete respect for the whole #MeToo movement,” Pelosi said at a news conference. “There is also due process and the fact that Joe Biden is Joe Biden.”
FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks inside the U.S. Capitol after it was announced U.S. congressional leaders and the White House agreed on nearly $500 billion more in coronavirus relief for the U.S. economy, bringing to nearly $3 trillion the amount allocated to deal with the crisis, in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
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