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Woman Has New Proof of Relationship With Roy Moore

She is furious that he called her a liar

(Newser) - Debbie Wesson Gibson used to have fond memories of the relationship she says she had with Roy Moore when she was 17 and he was 34. Not anymore. The Alabama woman says that in recent comments, Moore effectively called her a liar which made her decide to share a recent...

Trump Calls Roy Moore From Air Force One

President endorses embattled Senate candidate

(Newser) - President Trump didn't just tweet his support of Roy Moore on Monday, he phoned the Alabama Senate candidate to endorse him. "The president had a positive call with Judge Roy Moore during which they discussed the state of the Alabama Senate race and the President endorsed Judge Moore'...

Trump: Alabama Must Elect Roy Moore

'We need his vote,' president says of embattled Senate candidate

(Newser) - President Trump has given his most explicit support yet to Roy Moore since allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced against the Senate candidate in Alabama. "Democrats refusal to give even one vote for massive Tax Cuts is why we need Republican Roy Moore to win in Alabama," Trump tweeted...

McConnell Will 'Let the People of Alabama' Decide

The Senate leader changes his tune on Roy Moore

(Newser) - Mitch McConnell is now saying voters in Alabama should decide if they want Republican candidate Roy Moore to be their new senator, Politico reports. Appearing on ABC's This Week, the Republican Senate majority leader said, "I'm going to let the people of Alabama make the call" when...

Roy Moore Challenges Kimmel, Who Accepts

Candidate dares host to come to Alabama for a 'man to man' confrontation

(Newser) - Jimmy Kimmel has a new political foil—Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore . It began earlier this week when Kimmel sent a comedian heckler to a Moore speech, and Moore shot back on Twitter with a message to the TV host: "If you want to mock our Christian values, come...

WaPo: Behind Fake Roy Moore Story, Months of Deception

The paper tracks Jaime Phillips' activity since the summer

(Newser) - The Washington Post says it derailed Jaime Phillips' attempt to plant a fake story about her being impregnated by GOP Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore at age 15—but a different story about Phillips has made its way into the paper. In a lengthy piece, the Post alleges the...

Roy Moore Accuser Hits Back in Scathing Open Letter

'Where does your immorality end?,' Leigh Corfman asks

(Newser) - Leigh Corfman says she isn't a 14-year-old girl anymore—and she's not going to take any more abuse from Roy Moore. In an open letter released to AL.com , Corfman, who accuses Moore of undressing her and making sexual advances when she was a young teen, blasts Moore...

Roy Moore Blasts 'Malicious'' Allegations

He got a standing ovation at his first rally since Nov. 16

(Newser) - Roy Moore doubled down on his denials of sexual misconduct at an Alabama rally Monday night—and received a standing ovation from a crowd of around 200 people. The Senate candidate, making his first public appearance since Nov. 16, likened the accusations against him to the Russia investigation and said...

Post Exposes New Moore 'Accuser' as Part of Sting

The Washington paper believes the woman was working with James O'Keefe's Project Veritas

(Newser) - Two weeks after the Washington Post published a bombshell story about Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore attempting to initiate sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl when he was 32, the paper appears to have been the near-victim of an undercover sting operation by a right-wing organization. The Post reports...

With 15 Days to Go, Retired Marine Joins Ala. Senate Race

Lee Busby used to work for WH Chief of Staff John Kelly

(Newser) - He didn't have a functioning website as of Monday morning, but a retired Marine colonel thinks things are such a mess in the Alabama Senate race he has a shot. With just 15 days before voters go to the polls (his now-working website has a giant countdown), Lee Busby...

Trump Calls Doug Jones a 'Schumer/Pelosi Puppet'

President attacked Democratic candidate for Senate without endorsing his opponent, Roy Moore

(Newser) - President Trump once again made his opinions known about next month's special election for the Alabama Senate seat, but once again he did so without explicitly endorsing the embattled Republican nominee, Roy Moore. On Sunday morning, Trump tweeted a scathing attack on Moore's Democratic rival, Doug Jones, calling...

Hiccup for Moore&#39;s Campaign: His Spokesman Is Out
Hiccup for Moore's Campaign:
His Spokesman Is Out
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Nov 23, 2017 8:02 AM CST

Hiccup for Moore's Campaign: His Spokesman Is Out

As his campaign tussles again with the Washington Post

(Newser) - A hiccup for Roy Moore's Alabama Senate campaign: communications director John Rogers has resigned, reports Reuters , which quotes the campaign's chair as saying Wednesday, "Campaigns make changes throughout the duration of the campaign. John made the decision to leave the campaign last Friday—any representations to the...

Trump on Moore: 'We Don't Need a Liberal' in That Seat

President emphasizes that the Senate candidate has 'totally denied' allegations

(Newser) - President Trump didn't explicitly endorse the embattled Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race on Tuesday, but he seemed to come pretty close. Trump told reporters that Moore has "totally" denied allegations of sexual misconduct, and the president pointed out that the alleged incidents took place decades ago...

Moore Accuser: He 'Preyed Upon' Me When I Was Just 14

Leigh Corfman describes incident in her first TV interview

(Newser) - Leigh Corfman, the woman who came forward accusing Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexually abusing her as a teen, made her first TV appearance Monday on the Today show and recounted the experience she says she had with Moore, who was 32 at the time. After he met Corfman...

WH Adviser Suggests Trump Believes Moore Accusers

Otherwise he'd be campaigning for the Senate candidate

(Newser) - President Trump has been uncharacteristically quiet on the issue of Roy Moore , not so much as sending out a single tweet about the embattled Alabama Senate candidate and the multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against him. But to hear one White House adviser tell it, actions in this case speak...

Moore Again Demands Accuser Release Her Yearbook

But handwriting experts aren't sure he could prove his signature is a forgery

(Newser) - Embattled Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore again repeated his demand for one of his accusers to release a 1977 yearbook she says shows he pursued a sexual relationship with her when she was 16 and he was 30. "Day 4 of New York attorney Gloria Allred's refusal to...

Roy Moore's Wife: 'He Will Not Step Down'

Kayla Moore appears at a 'Women for Moore' rally

(Newser) - At a "Women for Moore" rally in support of Roy Moore in Alabama on Friday, the Republican Senate candidate's wife made it clear he won't exit the race despite allegations of inappropriate sexual contact with teens. "The people of Alabama understand what's going on here,...

White House Speaks Out on Moore Allegations

'Very troubling'

(Newser) - The White House has made its first remarks on the Roy Moore sexual misconduct allegations since President Trump got back from Asia—and they stopped a long way short of calling for Moore to step aside, as many senior Republicans have done. Trump believes allegations against the Senate candidate are...

Roy Moore Taunts McConnell in Tweet, Promptly Gets Served

As the GOP considers how to deal with the situation

(Newser) - A sixth accuser stepped forward on Wednesday to say that Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore once grabbed her buttocks . And the fact that he is still a Senate candidate is causing no shortage of hand-wringing among Republicans. As BuzzFeed reports, senators have called for him to leave the race and...

Roy Moore Responds to Hannity's Ultimatum

Another 2 women have come forward

(Newser) - Sean Hannity gave Roy Moore a 24-hour ultimatum Tuesday—and the embattled Senate candidate responded. In an open letter to Hannity , Moore said he never dated "underage girls" and suggested that an inscription in the yearbook of Beverly Young Nelson, who says he sexually assaulted her when she was...

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