Posted on 11/13/2017 3:51:48 AM PST by drewh
Senate candidate Roy Moore said in a speech Sunday night that he intended to file a lawsuit against The Washington Post regarding the story it published Thursday in which he was accused of sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl.
Moore spoke at Huntsville Christian Academy in an event closed to the media.
A video of Moore's speech was posted on his campaign Facebook page.
Click here to read AL.com's coverage of Roy Moore. Moore again vehemently denied the allegations in The Post story, which interviewed four women who described romantic or sexual encounters with Moore when they were teens and the Republican nominee was in his 30s.
Moore brought up the allegations near the end of a 40-minute speech.
"About three days ago, The Washington Post published another attack on my character and reputation in a desperate attempt to stop my political campaign," he said. "These attacks about a minor child are completely false and untrue. And for which they will be sued."
Moore then received an ovation from the crowd - one of many that occurred during the speech. At the end, Moore received a standing ovation.
The Senate election against Democrat Doug Jones is Dec. 12.
Moore also adamantly said that he had no intention of dropping out of the race nor of being forced to leave the race.
"We do not intend to let the Democrats, we do not intend to let the established Republicans, we do not intend to let anybody deter us from finishing this race," Moore said. "We fully expect the people of Alabama to see through this charade. And we will continue our efforts."
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Moore has repeatedly denied the allegations raised in The Post story. According to The Post, Moore met with a 14-year-old girl and took her to a remote place, removed her clothes, touched her over her bra and underpants and guided her hand to touch him over his underpants.
The girl, Leigh Corfman, told The Post that Moore introduced himself to her and her mother at the courthouse in Etowah County. Moore was an assistant district attorney at the time.
Three other women said they had romantic encounters with Moore while they were in their teens but the physical relationship never progressed beyond kissing.
Moore said in a Friday interview with Fox News personality Sean Hannity that he was conducted his own investigation into The Post allegations and briefly alluded to that investigation in his Sunday speech.
"We've still got the investigation going on," he said. "We're still finding out a lot that we didn't know."
Moore has given no indication when he might release the findings of that investigation.
Moore also told the audience that he has a daughter and that he and his wife, Kayla, will celebrate their 33rd wedding anniversary two days after the election.
"I have the highest regard for the protection of young ladies," Moore said.
Democrats and the Republican establishment are behind the "attacks" by The Post, said Moore, who also referred to stories the newspaper has written raising questions about the financial activities of Moore's Foundation for Moral Law.
He said the stories about the foundation "kind of failed for them."
"Why have they come now?" Moore said of the sexual misconduct allegations. "Because there are groups that don't want me in the United States Senate. The Democratic Party - they don't want to see me in the United States Senate. There's the Republican establishment, which has spent over $30 million to keep me out of the Senate (in backing former opponent Luther Strange).
"Working together, they realized that my opponent is 11 points behind. They're desperate."
Polling before the allegations indicated Moore led from 6 to 11 points. Since the allegations, polls have shown that the race has tightened and one poll put Jones ahead by 4 points.
"This article is a prime example of fake news, designed to divert attention from the true issues facing our country like health care, military readiness, immigration and raising the national debt," Moore said.
There are things that can be said about his professional character, but you better be able to prove personal attacks.
How many want to bet that WRITE IN will be Luther Strange, who McConnell and gang spent or rather wasted $30 million dollars on???? during the Primary race between the two. and why didn't this SEX issue come out during the Primary ? smh.
Mitch McConnell is scared shi*less of Judge Roy Moore.. all the more reason to vote for him...Hope the voters in Alabama are keeping up with this.
Never mind GHWB’s allegations, Jebbie couldn’t wait. He jointed the anti-Moore faction this afternoon.
They are with Montgomery and Mobile. But, the rest of the state over rides them. I think Trump pulled in the high 50s in % points and the beast pulled in the 30s % points in the last election. There is no way Jones wins, UNLESS republican voters punk out and don’t go vote. Then we get a dim senator for the first time in many, many, many an election. 1970s or early 80s maybe. But, I cannot believe people here will put a dim in. This is constantly voted the most Conservative state in America. I still believe we are.
“The girl, Leigh Corfman, told The Post that Moore introduced himself to her and her mother at the courthouse in Etowah County. Moore was an assistant district attorney at the time.”
Does anyone else see what Al.com did there? Corfman is not a girl she is an adult. The article is written to confuse readers into believing that Corfman is currently underage.
Normally malice is very hard to prove—but these days we have hidden cameras and talkative media types—a good attorney who is a street-fighter could win this case.
I think what gets me most is the lack of notice that Moore was a single man at the time these so-called accusations were supposed to happen. Don’t all normal single men go shopping for wife material? And it is well known that older men traditionally held more promise as husbands to young women. I was pursued by older men through my teen years and I did marry one 8 years older than my 19 yrs. One grandmother married a 40 yr old man when she was 14 and they had 12 children. No one ever thought of him as a predator. He was a good man who made a good husband. This whole thing is just silly. The rule of nature says the old bull usually wins the battles. I hope he sues the pants off Wash. Post. and the accusers as well.
Oh how they hate Steve Bannon! Steve should be doubling down on these RepubliKan Senatorial cowards! Bannon and Moore are seen as the hole in the dike that needs to be plugged. TOO LATE CRUZ BOTS. Yertle the Turtle McConnell must resign....his role is to deny Trumps agenda!
Lets do a Hillary on the 4 brave women, and publicly call them sluts who wished they’d been f**ked so they could have told sooner.
Now the money is so good they are speaking up simply to keep a horny conservative from winning again? ( Only leftists are allowed to be horny, not conservatives.)
The left is desperate. So are the RINOs in Washington who are calling for Moore to step down. And now plan to keep him from being seated if he wins ( which he likely will do.)The hatred for Bannon is STRONG, Buahahahahaha!
The femino-nazi brave (sic) women suffer from Sexualitis, a newly discovered leftist mental condition similar to Trump Derangement Syndrome that makes them falsely remember that they had been f**ked by a conservative politician who looks like he is going to win.They are not brave, they are cowardly whores.The money must be good, real good.
Femino-nazi slut, sexual shake down artist prostitutes!
Real hookers would seem clean in their company, at least they do the deed they are paid for. Not these “4 brave women.”
And people take this seriously?
Surely the good people of Alabama will NOT!
And The GOPe Senate Swamp critters ? They need to represent the People or resign, instead of looking around to see who screwed who 40 years ago.
I don’t know about you all, but I am with Bannon!
What I don’t get is the idiocy in the part of the media. In the last few weeks, we’ve had the Menendez trial which has him travelling to places for sex with 13 year old sex slaves. We have the Dem running in New Mexico who got arrested for stalking and genital pics. We had the Dem congress critter from Pennsylvania who was arrested for child porn, with pictures even of infants.
But, somehow, we’re supposed to believe that tenuous accusations from 40 years ago where the main one where any possible illegality was literally a campaign worker for Hillary, and that the Dem issues have nothing to do with reality? Wow. Talk about sick libs.
Good to see God’s people are with him. Evidently Ryan, McCain, McConnell are on the side of Satan.
Hear hear!
Let’s start now with Mitch the Groper!
Imagine getting out of the Army in the summer of 1967 in the middle of a hot war in Vietnam.
Who went to Vietnam in your place, Mitch?
When?
Well, if he had actually raped them or killed them, then he would qualify to become either a president or senator, wouldn’t he?
But wait. He isn’t a democrat so it doesn’t.
The sole reason I don’t believe a word of it is the timing.
Not to mention that if the allegations were actually true, the proper legal way to go about it is by due process of law, not running to the media.
I just gave $50 more to Ray Moore!!!!
LET’S GO FREEPERS!!!!!!
AHHHHHHHH! Keep winning baby!
Fight the fake news.
Darrel Nelson is being summarily ignored by all the media, including Faux News. The only way he’ll be seen in the national media is to be standing by Roy Moore’s side during a press conference to deny the allegations. Then maybe Nelson could tell the country what he thinks of his gold-digging, lying step-mother. Rush Limbaugh has went on for the last two hours about Moore but so far has not mentioned the step-son.
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