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Judge Roy Moore Says He Will File Lawsuit Against The Washington Post
AL com ^ | Paul Gattis

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.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: alabama; lawsuit; moore; roymoore; teresajones; washingtonpost
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To: DoodleDawg
Wondering if discovery is what they're really interested in....
21 posted on 11/13/2017 4:19:00 AM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: mewzilla
Wondering if discovery is what they're really interested in....

Who? The GOP establishment? Considering they're most likely behind all this then I'd say not.

22 posted on 11/13/2017 4:20:35 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: drewh

According to Hillary Clinton, we should have no faith in lie detectors. Remember how she laughingly recalled how a child molester she was defending fooled one?


23 posted on 11/13/2017 4:24:27 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: drewh

Good. I’m a lawyer and elected official in a small Georgia county. I got a retraction and apology in posts pinned to a public-group Facebook page that defamed my wife and I in two separate posts. I’ll volunteer to assist Judge Moore for free if he’or his campaign will contact me.


24 posted on 11/13/2017 4:25:15 AM PST by Bulldaddy
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To: DoodleDawg
Who? The guy who'd be filing the lawsuit. Moore. And his lawyers .
25 posted on 11/13/2017 4:26:07 AM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: drewh

And Hillary could administer it


26 posted on 11/13/2017 4:26:23 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: drewh

Hopefully he’ll get a good Southern judge who will allow discovery all the way up to Bezosbulb himself..


27 posted on 11/13/2017 4:26:49 AM PST by Golden Eagle (Donald Trump: "People will die because of the Russia investigation, and it's a pure hit job")
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To: Vendome
I don't really consider "kissing" as a romantic encounter UNLESS it does go further.

And there's kissing....and then there's kissing.

28 posted on 11/13/2017 4:38:45 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Vendome

“Three other women said they had romantic encounters with Moore while they were in their teens but the physical relationship never progressed beyond kissing.”

I’d get depositions from them ASAP, and have them lock in the dates (the year) of the incidents ON THE RECORD. Then verify statements using any methods available which may exist after 40 years. Mom of Liar #1 said the girl had no phone in her bedroom — things like that.

Before doing that, verify their ages at the time. Unless they were 13 or under at the time, and if kissing truly did happen, it’s not a “thing”. There’d be a definite ick factor, but nothing more.


29 posted on 11/13/2017 4:40:07 AM PST by MayflowerMadam
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To: Bulldaddy

If you are willing to help the judge you should contact him, otherwise how is he to know you ares willing?


30 posted on 11/13/2017 4:40:53 AM PST by b4me (God Bless the USA)
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To: drewh

HOORAY.

Let me be on the jury.


32 posted on 11/13/2017 4:44:36 AM PST by MarvinStinson
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To: Vendome

At other times in their lives, all three have been known to point at non-handsome men in public and scream “HE LOOKED AT ME!”


34 posted on 11/13/2017 4:45:16 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: drewh

I despise predatory women.

Back when I was a young 16-year old girl another girl my age accused our pastor of sexually forcing himself on her. The pastor also owned a funeral home and made trips to take bodies to other places. Sometimes he let the older teens in the church, male and female, make the trips with him. They were all day trips, not overnight trips. Keep in mind this was the late 60’s and early 70’s. This girl said he forced himself on her on one of those trips.

Her accusation almost split the church. People took sides. It finally got bad enough that the pastor had to bring a statement from his doctor to prove that he wasn’t physically able to sexually abuse anybody. He was wounded in WW2 and was incapable of having intercourse.

The girl and her mother quit the church in shame. This bimbo in training picked the wrong man. In doing so she almost ruined a good man, shamed his wife, and almost split the church.

No way I’m believing any charge like this 40 years after the fact and especially with no proof.

I’m a mother of a daughter and grandmother to a beautiful 22-year old lady. I know there are sexual predators out there and both of my girls know how to handle them, just like I was taught. Women that are abused, really abused, don’t normally wait 40 years to tell somebody.


35 posted on 11/13/2017 4:47:03 AM PST by Tennessee Conservative
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To: DoodleDawg

If the Post did “0” homework, then it can be construed as malice....it was meant to injure.


36 posted on 11/13/2017 4:51:10 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Texas Eagle

It goes beyond Hillary. Numerous traitors to our country have spied on our country and passed a polygraph, due to how premeditated and routine their efforts were.


37 posted on 11/13/2017 4:52:32 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: drewh

He must have additional information he is keeping private


38 posted on 11/13/2017 4:58:40 AM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. L)
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To: drewh

Good. A guilty man wouldn’t take that measure.


39 posted on 11/13/2017 5:04:41 AM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: Sacajaweau
If the Post did “0” homework, then it can be construed as malice....it was meant to injure.

If. This is a he said/she said. Impossible to prove or disprove. You don't think the Post, of all organizations, doesn't know how to protect itself when running with stories like this?

This whole story has been a political ploy from the beginning. Threatening a law suit is just more of the same.

40 posted on 11/13/2017 5:06:31 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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