‘I did what I did — I think it made a difference’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Outgoing U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) has no regrets about his decision not to support former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore in the 2017 U.S. Senate election. Moore was the Republican nominee in that 2017 special election after defeating then-U.S. Sen. Luther Strange (R-Mountain Brook), who had been appointed a year earlier by […]
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This should be McConnell’s last stint as Senate Republican leader | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Longtime Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) should make private succession plans so that he can leave his post of power when the next Congress concludes at the end of 2024. It’s not that McConnell has been a failure as a leader, nor that any Republican in the Senate has shown greater tactical acumen. That’s […]
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Roy Moore Was Banned from the Mall but Won His Defamation Suit | #elections | #alabama
Five years ago, I was covering the U.S. Senate race in Alabama between the Republican Roy Moore and the Democrat Doug Jones when the Washington Post reported an allegation that Moore, in 1979, when he was in his thirties, had initiated a sexual encounter with a fourteen-year-old named Leigh Corfman. Other women then came forward […]
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Revival sought for pastor’s lawsuit over COVID restrictions | #elections | #alabama
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An outspoken Christian conservative attorney from Alabama has asked a federal appeals court to revive a Louisiana pastor’s damage claims against state officials over long-expired COVID-19 restrictions. A federal judge this year dismissed minister Tony Spell’s lawsuit against Gov. John Bel Edwards and others over enforcement of the ban. Spell drew […]
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Roy Moore lauds $8.2M verdict, rips press for not getting the truth out | #elections | #alabama
Last week, a federal court jury awarded former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore $8.2 million in damages after determining a super PAC defamed him in a television ad during his unsuccessful 2017 U.S. Senate bid. The jury in federal court in Anniston found Senate Majority PAC made “false and defamatory statements” against Moore […]
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Jury Awards Former US Senate Candidate Roy Moore Over $8 Million in Defamation Case | #elections | #alabama
A federal jury has found that a Democrat super political action committee (PAC) defamed Roy Moore, a former sheriff and U.S. Senate candidate. The Senate Majority PAC made a false statement about Moore that was defamatory, the verdict, returned on Aug. 12, states. The PAC also published the statement despite knowing it was false or acting […]
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Jury: Democratic PAC defamed Moore, awards him $8.2 million | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal jury awarded Republican Roy Moore $8.2 million in damages Friday after finding that a Democratic-aligned super PAC defamed him in an advertisement during the 2017 U.S. Senate race in Alabama. Jurors found the Senate Majority PAC made false and defamatory statements against Moore in the ad that attempted to […]
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Roy Moore defamation suit against Sacha Baron Cohen dismissed | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
An appeals court in New York dismissed a defamation suit filed by former Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore against actor Sacha Baron Cohen on Thursday. The $95 million lawsuit, dismissed by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in an affirmation of a lower court ruling last July, claimed Moore suffered defamation, intentional infliction […]
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Sacha Baron Cohen beats ex-judge Roy Moore’s defamation appeal | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Sacha Baron Cohen attends a screening of the Oscars on April 26, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Rick Rycroft | Getty Images Sacha Baron Cohen on Thursday defeated an appeal by former Alabama judge Roy Moore accusing the British comedian of defamation for falsely portraying him as a pedophile in an interview for the show “Who […]
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Roy Moore seeks to revive lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen | #elections | #alabama
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for Roy Moore tried to persuade some skeptical federal appeals judges Friday to revive a $95 million defamation lawsuit that the former Alabama candidate for U.S. Senate brought against comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Attorney Larry Klayman complained during arguments before a panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of […]
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