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Kellyanne Conway on Roy Moore allegations: 'Both sides are alleging different things' - ABC News

posted onNovember 13, 2017
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Article snippet: President Donald Trump's counselor, Kellyanne Conway, said she takes sexual misconduct allegations very seriously but in the case of Alabama candidate for U.S. Senate, Roy Moore, "both sides are alleging different things." "I denounce that conduct. And if the allegations are true, he should step aside” from the election, Conway told “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz in an interview Sunday. “I said very early that the conduct as described should disqualify anyone from serving in public office, and I’ll stand by that,” Conway said. “Everybody should know that conduct is disqualifying.” Moore has forcefully denied the allegations made in a Washington Post report Thursday by four women, including one who accused him of initiating a sexual encounter with her when she was 14 and he was 32 in the late 1970s. The three other women allege in the story that Moore pursued them when they were between 16 and 18 years old and he was in his 30s. Conway said that while she denounces the alleged conduct, "I also want to make sure that we as a nation are not always prosecuting people through the press. He has denied the allegations." She continued, "It would be a very dangerous precedent for any of us, for any person in this country to just be cast aside as guilty because of press reports ... I believe that both sides are alleging different things here." “Mr. Moore has denied that conduct. I think you've got other people are out there talking about what did ... Link to the full article to read more

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