JUST IN: New Revelation Puts Jill Biden At Center Of Growing ‘Me Too’ Scandal
The “work husband” of First Lady Jill Biden is a known sexual harasser in the White House who remains “untouchable” by human resources over their friendship, according to former Biden aides who spoke with the New York Post.
Anthony Bernal, 50, has openly speculated about the penis size of several colleagues, according to three individuals granted anonymity to speak about a toxic workplace culture they say is another “Me Too” situation waiting to happen.
“It is to make people uncomfortable and to have power over them,” said one source to the Post who worked with Bernal for several years.
“It is Me Too — classic Me Too,” the source added.
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Since the Obama administration, Bernal has challenged colleagues to correlate the size of another’s thumb to the size of their genitals, putting subordinates in a deeply uncomfortable situation with a man sources say is too close with Jill Biden to be reined in.
Another individual said Bernal’s open speculation about penis size occurred “often” and even extended to Secret Service agents on the first family’s detail.
A third source added that Bernal made a “jab” against a shared colleague when he “remarked on another staffer’s bulge in his khakis.”
“It was a lot of inappropriate remarks — talking about other people’s attractiveness and speculating about their sex lives at very weird moments… that’s actually sexual harassment,” said the source.
“I have heard him say inappropriate things about people’s sexuality or pry inappropriately into people’s personal lives,” another added. “I heard him ask if people are gay all the time.”
One of the sources alleged it is “hypocritical” of Jill Biden to keep Bernal on staff, adding others would be fired “on the spot” for showing such “disrespect” in the workplace.
“It reflects poorly on the president and the first lady,” one said.
“They talk a big game about integrity, decency, and kindness but when you work for the Bidens, you experience anything but that,” added another.
From the Post:
“I don’t think people understand how much power and influence he has. The problem is it is career-ending for anyone to talk on the record for these stories,” said one of the sources, who described Bernal as creating a “hostile work environment” for employees of both the first lady’s East Wing and those he encountered in the West Wing.
“The dignity speech doesn’t apply to him and everyone knows that. This is not new behavior, and that’s what’s so upsetting, because no one does anything.”
“He’s seen as untouchable due to his relationship with the first lady,” one former White House official said. “Staff have been told he’s ‘protected’ by Jill or that they should take it up with him directly.”
The White House pushed back forcefully against the Post’s story, saying in a statement from Biden’s chief of staff, “The president and first lady have full confidence in Anthony’s character, as do I. His many fans at the White House know him to be both gracious and tough, holding himself up to the highest standards, with a heart dedicated to public service. It is disappointing that he is the target of unfounded attacks from unnamed sources.”
