A federal jury awarded Republican Roy Moore $8.2 million in damages Friday after finding that a Democratic super PAC defamed him in an advertisement during the 2017 U.S. Senate race in Alabama.
Conservative Roy Moore had won the Senate primary. Democrats then set out to destroy his candidacy.
Jurors found the Senate Majority PAC made false and defamatory statements against Moore in the ad that attempted to capitalize on a sexual misconduct accusation made against Moore during the 2017 race, Yahoo News reports.
The problem began after a woman came forward to The Washington Post and said Moore sexually touched her in 1979 when she was 14 and he was a 32-year-old assistant district attorney. There was no evidence.
Moore denied the accusation.
Other women said Moore dated them, or asked them out on dates, when they were older teens.
Again, no evidence.
The lawsuit centered on one television commercial that recounted accusations against Moore in various news articles.
Moore’s attorneys argued the ad falsely claimed he solicited sex from young girls at a shopping mall, including another 14-year-old who was working as a Santa’s helper, and that resulted in him being banned from the mall.
Judge Roy Moore has other lawsuits, one against Sacha Baron Cohen. A judge threw out the Cohen lawsuit and he is trying to have that decision reversed.
“We’re very thankful to God for an opportunity to help restore my reputation which was severely damaged by the 2017 election,” Moore said in a telephone interview.
“The verdict by this jury of regular people of the state of Alabama represents a great legal victory over those who will say and do anything to capture an election including dragging the name of a good man through the mud to destroy a hard earned reputation. The facts of this case were so egregious that the jury quickly found actual malice against the Senate majority super PAC. God’s truth and justice won the day for Judge Roy Moore,” said Jeff Wittenbrink, Moore’s attorney, in a press release.
Everyone was out to get him. By the time the election came up, Alabamans voted for Progressive Democrat Doug Jones who ran pretending he was a moderate.
Personally, I found those accusations hard to believe, remember the incident well.
And as I KEEP SAYING, nearly EVERY misfortune befalling America over the past several decades WOULD NOT BE REMOTELY POSSIBLE without a Corrupt, Complicit MSM.
The MSM should ALSO be sued as they pushed that narrative HARD with no obvious vetting.
Our wholly corrupt MSM has cost WeThePpl $BILLIONS if not $TRILLIONS in damages and, at least, HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of lives.
Nothing but dirty politics from the left, lies and liars 24/7 is all that they have for the people of the USA. Just when are the people going to wake up to the garbage that these guys truly are and just stop voting for them and let them just go in the corner and die off along with the political party they represent!
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win”
-Mahatma Gandhi.
Same playback they used on Kavanaugh. Unfortunately this verdict will be overturned on appeal.
It was a jury trial. I don’t think its appealable.
The DNC and the left are scumbags through and through. How dense does one have to be not to know that by now? How does this racist, hateful political crime ring still exist? Where are the RICO actions against that demented organization of Satan’s idiots?
Actually, the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee (RSCC) under Mitch McConnell and the RNC both colluded to destroy Moore, and their work was far more damaging since they represented the same party as Judge Roy Moore was part of. The GOP establishment always seeks to smear and destroy any and all serious conservative candidates in primaries so they will never get to win a general election. Mitch McConnell is the enemy of all conservatives.
It is great to see some one fight back against the communists and win. Trump has to do the same thing or the gestapo wins again.Hydrick Wray has to go and so does that communist AG both of them are crooks and liars the whole FBI gestapo has to be disbanded .What they have done to Trump the past five years is a disgrace no one should have to put up with what he has I think they will kill him before this is over.
Glad to see Conservatives are now fighting back!
And it wasn’t just the dems!!! The RINOs did more than their fair share!
The Seanatuh from KY, Mitchy McCuckold and the Bushie Cartel. and they are still Hard at Work. “IF” the Repubs get a US Senate majority in the Nov sElections, then look to see Who becomes their Senate Majority Leader. If it’s Mitchy AGAIN, then We LOST the sElections. Plain and Simple.
There is enough criminal activity imo to put mitchy in prison, but he is as well protected as Hunter Bid-en.and The current Resident Obama.
Richard Shelby encouraged a write in campaign against Judge Moore. The write in votes were more than Doug Jones’ margin of victory. Mushmouth and Shelby elected Doug Jones.
The DNC has none of these traits Ethics, Integrity or Morals.
Justice finally done, but look how many years it took. Does anyone think the Democrats really care about paying 8.5 million at this point? They don’t. They got what they wanted when they ruined Judge Moore’s life and ruined this country.
Not a single republican spoke up for the man and the RINOs despised him. The smear job done on Moore was similar those Mitch’s gang have done. They viciously went after Collins of Georgia and Kobach of Kansas, both decent conservatives. Collins would still be a senator now and the GOP would have the majority if not for Mitch’s schemes. There is no excuse for the RINOs allowing Georgia having 2 far leftist senators, it was sabotage.
Who is Collins in GA????
Doug Collins, former Congressman. He is a solid conservative, but Mushmouth wanted Kelly Loeffler.
The $8.2 million was chump change in the big scheme. Well worth the Dims’ PAC investment to keep Moore in AL. and out of DC.
You beat me to it….8.2 million to flip a senate seat….cheap at twice the price. What do you think it costs to stuff all those ballot boxes?
What is it you find so “Democratic” about the DEMOCRAT party and it’s members? Do you also find the Republican party, “REPUBLICANAL”? Both terms are linguistically incorrect and ignorant.
That is not the subject of the article. The USA has huge problems other than the name of the parties.
Actually, this is a bigger problem than you realize. By changing the word “Democrat” to “Democratic,” TPTB have engaged in group psychosis – everyone automatically thinks anything that is “democratic” is a good thing, ergo, the “Democratic” party vs. “Democrat” party. The same applies when you hear soooo many people call the US a “Democracy.” No, the US is NOT a “democracy!” It is a Constitutional Republic, which is a FORM of democratic governance – it is NOT a “democracy,” which in it’s purest form is simple majority rule. In a “direct” democracy, the votes from the vast population centers on the coasts would completely wipe out the votes of all those in the sparsely populated states, ergo, leaving them with no voice or rights.
You underestimate the propaganda/ brainwashing of the Deeper State as they manipulte their Paid Puppets, the democRats and rinoRats.
Two Wings of the Buzzard Party.
As George Orwell explained in Animal Farm, rats are comrades in the revolutionary struggle.
Only when it hits their pocketbook will they maybe think twice about putting out this crap.
Depends on how much money they can make from the other guy that gets elected.
I thought I understood the party’s withdrawal of support because of the timing of the charges. NO LONGER!
Another innocent conservative politically ruined by disinformation/deception Dumocrats and a senate majority handed to the cheating party. Sick!
Let’s not get up our opes too much. The will likely appeal and are the appeals court judges corrupt?
Never trust a liberal. Ever.
Or government.
The GOPe also smears its decent senate candidates.
Its according to who is running the gov, that’s why we need to get rid of every dem
I am in favor of tossing all of them and starting fresh.
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