A Fifth Woman Accuses Senate Candidate Roy Moore of Sexual Misconduct
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A Fifth Woman Accuses Senate Candidate Roy Moore of Sexual Misconduct
Mr. McConnell also said that encouraging a write-in candidate to run in the Dec. 12 special election is “an option we’re looking at.”
Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado, speaking in his role as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said
that if Mr. Moore wins the special election on Dec. 12, he should be expelled from the Senate, “because he does not meet the ethical and moral requirements of the United States Senate.”
Mr. Moore, a judge who was twice removed from the state’s high court, first for refusing to remove the Ten Commandments
from the Supreme Court grounds, then for refusing to accept gay marriage, responded defiantly.
WASHINGTON — A fifth woman accused Roy S. Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, on Monday of making sexual or romantic advances toward her when she was a teenager, as senior Republicans in Washington called for him to drop out of the race
and threatened to expel him from the Senate if he wins.
Hours earlier, Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, said Mr. Moore “should step aside” and
that he believes the women who have accused Mr. Moore of sexual misconduct when they were teenagers.
In an afternoon statement, Mr. Moore’s campaign described Ms. Allred as “a sensationalist leading a witch hunt,
and she is only around to create a spectacle.” The statement, issued before Ms. Allred’s news conference in New York, denied again “any sexual misconduct with anyone” by Mr. Moore.
Mr. McConnell also said that encouraging a write-in candidate to run in the Dec. 12 special election is “an option we’re looking at.”
Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado, speaking in his role as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said
that if Mr. Moore wins the special election on Dec. 12, he should be expelled from the Senate, “because he does not meet the ethical and moral requirements of the United States Senate.”
Mr. Moore, a judge who was twice removed from the state’s high court, first for refusing to remove the Ten Commandments
from the Supreme Court grounds, then for refusing to accept gay marriage, responded defiantly.
WASHINGTON — A fifth woman accused Roy S. Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, on Monday of making sexual or romantic advances toward her when she was a teenager, as senior Republicans in Washington called for him to drop out of the race
and threatened to expel him from the Senate if he wins.
Hours earlier, Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, said Mr. Moore “should step aside” and
that he believes the women who have accused Mr. Moore of sexual misconduct when they were teenagers.
In an afternoon statement, Mr. Moore’s campaign described Ms. Allred as “a sensationalist leading a witch hunt,
and she is only around to create a spectacle.” The statement, issued before Ms. Allred’s news conference in New York, denied again “any sexual misconduct with anyone” by Mr. Moore.