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Former Vice President Joe Biden was expected to announce a run for president of the United States some time in April and has been going around testing the waters and smoothing over rough spots in his past. As part of that effort Tuesday night, he made yet another public apology to Anita Hill, the law clerk who falsely accused Justice Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. The apology drew the attention of CBS Evening News, who highlighted it Wednesday.
“Former Vice President Joe Biden is trying to clear up some past issues ahead of his expected announcement that he's joining 14 other Democrats in a run for the White House. Last night he brought us his role in a controversial Senate confirmation hearing from 28 years ago,” announced anchor Jeff Glor.
Legal correspondent Jan Crawford reminded viewers that “Joe Biden, of course, ran those hearings. He was chair of the Democratically-controlled Judiciary Committee in 1991 when Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment.”
CBS (and the rest of the liberal media) often uses the Hill hearing as an example of government failing to protect a victim of sexual misconduct, despite the fact that Hill’s testimony was highly flawed and contradicted by many.
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