Campaign officials for presidential hopeful Joe Biden reportedly told their supporters and spokespeople to defend the former vice president using a New York Times‘ investigation into an allegation of sexual assault.

But there is a huge problem.

The New York Times investigation didn’t exonerate Biden. In fact, the Times feels so strongly about that fact that they released a statement pointing out Biden’s assessment of their report was “inaccurate,” according to Breitbart.

A New York Times spokesperson says Biden campaign talking points “inaccurately” suggest that the Times investigation found that Tara Reade’s allegation “did not happen.” Response to this scoop from @rubycramer @RosieGray https://t.co/ZUD6f2WSEE pic.twitter.com/LNaHvH0ZxF

— Jonathan Easley (@JonEasley) April 29, 2020

Ouch.

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Although Biden’s campaign claimed the Times found Tara Reade’s story “did not happen,” the Times sharply disputed the claim: “Our investigation made no conclusion either way.”