“So why did he lie about it?”
You know for a fact that Judge Moore lied? May we see your data?
I’ve explained this too many times this morning. He was cagey and dishonest about remembering his friend who was 17 and having no recollection whether they dated. If you were 32 and had a 17 year old “friend” for several months, YOU KNOW DAMN WELL whether you felt romantic toward her and kissed her or not. What do platonic friendships between a 32 year old man who has NO ROMANTIC INTEREST in her and a teen high school girl look like? He DOES remember. That is the lie.
And why lie? Even she says they only dated chastely for a few months, some kissing. It wasn’t illegal. Why not admit it? A judge who lies when the truth would benefit him, and his state, bothers me.