Far as I know, it's a one source story from the Washington Post. The Post claims that Moore molested some teen age girls 35 years ago. Moore, in case you don't remember, won the Alabama primary for US Senator. There will be a special election in December to fill the Senate seat left empty when the incumbent accepted Trump's appointment as US attorney general. He is also the judge who was kicked off the Alabama Supreme Court for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments statue from his courthouse. That gave him pretty good name recognition down in his district.
A number of US senators, including John McCain, have called for Moore to resign (if he wins) and if there is any truth in the WaPo's accusation. The Constitution allows the Senate (and the House for that matter) to expel a member, and "Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections,Returns and Qualifications of its own members," (Article I section 5). That ought to mean that the Senate can declare an election rigged, ballot boxes stuffed, or the electee is a scumbag, and refuse to seat that member.
Question: Is the Washington Post telling the truth? How can a story from 35 years ago be checked? We used to have a statute of limitations, but the lawyers have pretty much repealed it by now.
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