Speaker Pelosi Defends Joe Biden Amid Sexual Assault Allegations

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defends former Vice President Joe Biden amid allegations from a former staffer that in 1993 then-Senator Biden sexually assaulted her on Capitol Hill. Asked by a reporter at her weekly press conference about whether Democrats have a different standard given the party's stance on allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Speaker Pelosi responds by saying, "I respect your question and I don't need a lecture or a speech." The speaker goes on to say that she also respects the #MeToo movement, but adds that there is due process. She also says that there was no record of the complaint at the time it reportedly happened and that she holds the former vice president in high regard and that he is a person of value. close