"I wish I could do something"

Former Vice President and Potential Candidate for 2020, Joe Biden, spoke publicly about his handling of Anita Hill's allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court candidate Clarence Thomas at confirmation hearings held in 1991 on Tuesday night. In an appearance at his foundation's award ceremony, Biden acknowledged that he had regrets about it. "I would have liked to be able to do something … To this day, I regret not being able to give it the kind of audience it deserves." would have m said. "She paid a terrible price. She was mistreated during this hearing. "He stated that Hill had" shown the courage of a lifetime in speaking of his experience of being harassed by Clarence Thomas "and claims the judicial committee of the time "did not really understand what it was about". Biden, who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee at Thomas's hearings, was criticized for not doing enough to stop the attacks on Hill at the time and not calling witnesses to support his testimony. .