This is now confirmed to be authentic by Tara Reade's new lawyer Douglas Wigdor. Tara Reade was charged in San Luis Obispo under a statute that requires "willful intent to defraud" four days before she was officially terminated from Biden's office in August 1993

It’s bizarre that people are so offended by my reporting this. They’d prefer that pertinent information remain concealed, I guess. “PLEASE DON’T GIVE ME FACTS!” That’s what happens when you use “belief” as your evaluative standard, like we’re dealing with a religious dogma

There's plenty of additional information concerning Tara Reade's personal background that I have NOT tweeted, because it's not strictly relevant. But this charge is clearly relevant, by dint of its chronological timing: just a matter of days before she is officially terminated

I'm also tired of people constantly bringing up Christine Blasey Ford. I'm evaluating this situation on its own merits. I did the same with Ford a year and a half ago (and my view then was not "BELIEVE WOMEN"). It's not necessary to keep invoking the comparison nonstop. We get it