evidence: Tara Reade, the former Senate aide who in 2020 accused then-Presidential candidate Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her nearly three decades earlier, has fled the U.S. for Russia and asked President Vladimir Putin for citizenship. [...] During their joint media appearance Tuesday, Reade praised Russia and Putin specifically, and criticized America – especially the "few Washington elites who are determined to cause problems" between the two superpowers. [...] Javed Ali, a former senior U.S. law enforcement and intelligence official, said that given Reade's self-described relationship with Butina, it's possible that Russia helped facilitate her move to Russia as part of an anti-U.S. propaganda campaign.