I think it is an attempt to stop Roy Moore from being Senator. If it has a secondary purpose, it is to distract from the Menendez trial and various other Democrat scandals.
Agreed. It also distracts from the MANY Democrat sex crimes being reported, and the media WANTS to bash a Republican with that stick to distract from liberal rapists and hurt Republicans in general at the same time.
That it lets them minimize liberal sex crimes (90%+ of the problem) by saying Republicans do it, too, is only a bonus.