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Roy Moore continues defense against sexual misconduct allegations, suggests political motivations - ABC News

posted onNovember 11, 2017
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Article snippet: Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore continued to deny allegations of sexual misconduct Friday, saying on conservative talk radio that the accusations against him were politically motivated. "It seems that in the political arena, to say that something is not true is simply not good enough. So let me be clear. I have never provided alcohol to minors, and I have never engaged in sexual misconduct," Moore said in a statement to ABC News on Friday. The Washington Post reported Thursday that the Republican former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court allegedly engaged in sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl in the 1970s. At the time, he was 32. He also allegedly dated other teenage women when he was single and in his mid-30s, according to the article. During a radio interview with polls to elect their new U.S. Senator in just over a month. "I have run five campaigns, it has never been brought up," he said. Moore repeatedly said that the story was "politically-motivated”. The central accuser in the Washington Post story said she was a Republican. Moore told Hannity that he thought political foes were working against him, "because they don’t want to hear truth in Washington. Truth about God and the truth about the constitution." Since the allegations were made public, a number of Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., have voiced concern... Link to the full article to read more

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