Tara Reade came forward recently and alleged that presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden sexually assaulted her years ago when she worked for him when he was serving in the U.S. Senate.

Earlier this month, she filed a police report along the same lines.

Now, days after Biden was finally endorsed by former President Barack Obama, it seems some progress is being made.

The Washington Examiner reported that the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department is “actively investigating” Reade’s claims.

“This is an active, ongoing investigation, and there are no further details to provide at this time,” a spokesperson for the department said, according to the Examiner.

They went on: “Cases that are handled by the Metropolitan Police Department’s Sexual Assault Unit go through a multi-review prior to being assigned a disposition. This case is progressing through the review process.”

The Examiner characterized the development as “highly unusual” given that the statute of limitations for the crime has already expired, meaning Biden couldn’t be prosecuted for it even if evidence presents itself.

“Sometimes they receive information that is never going to lead to a criminal charge, but nonetheless, does invoke some of their obligations as public safety officials,” Wendy Murphy, a former sex-crimes prosecutor, speculated of the department’s reasoning in a conversation with the Examiner.

“Is it usual or typical? I think the answer is no,” she added.

Biden, for his part, has staunchly denied the allegations.

“He firmly believes that women have a right to be heard — and heard respectfully,” a spokeswoman for the former VP’s campaign said, according to the BBC. “Such claims should also be diligently reviewed by an independent press. What is clear about this claim: It is untrue.”

Last month, journalist Katie Harper released an audio clip of an interview with Tara Reade, a former staff assistant to Joe Biden, in which Reade claims that Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993.

Reade begins by detailing how she was instructed to rush a gym bag to Biden at the time. Upon reaching then-Senator Biden with the bag, Reade claims that he greeted her by name, and proceeded to sexually assault her in a “side area.”

“We were alone, and it was the strangest thing. There was no, like, exchange really, he just had me up against the wall,” Reade claims.

“His hands were on me, and underneath my clothes,” Reade later says. “He went down my skirt, but then up inside. He penetrated me with his fingers.”

Reade alleges that Biden was kissing her and asking her if she “wanted to go somewhere else,” and that after the alleged assault was complete, he said, “C’mon man, I heard you liked me.”

Reade told Harper that Biden’s alleged phrase stuck with her because it made her think about what she “might have said.”

For me, it was like everything shattered in that moment because I knew that we were alone. It was over, right? He wasn’t trying to do anything more – but I looked up to him, he was like my father’s age, he was like this champion of women’s rights in my eyes and I couldn’t believe it was happening. It seemed surreal. I just felt sick because when he pulled back, he looked annoyed, and he said something else to me that I don’t want to say, and then he said – I must have looked shocked … I don’t know how I looked, but I must have looked something because he grabbed me by the shoulders, and said, “You’re okay. You’re fine. You’re okay. You’re fine,” and then he walked away, and went on with his day.

She then told Harper what Biden allegedly said: