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• report's a "sleazy tactic"
• WaPo "liberal"
• journalist R bullies
• DID NOT DENY ANY OF THE STORY
Roy Moore campaign says 'sleazy tactics' led to report critical of foundation https://trib.al/jZLTh6W
Roy Moore campaign says 'sleazy tactics' led to report critical of foundation
Updated on October 12, 2017 at 7:24 PM Posted on October 12, 2017 at 6:37 PM
By Paul Gattis pgattis@al.com
More than 24 hours after a Washington Post report told of questionable accounting practices in Senate candidate Roy Moore's non-profit foundation, the campaign fired back with a defiant statement that accused the newspaper of "sleazy tactics." ... The campaign released a statement just after 6 p.m. Thursday from campaign chair Bill Armistead.
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Moore is speaking at a Republican gala in Huntsville on Thursday night and was scheduled to meet briefly with reporters after the speech. But at the gala, the Moore campaign said that Moore will now no longer talk with reporters.
In his statement, Armistead blasted The Post and the story's reporters but took no issue with the contents of the newspaper report. ... "In the past week, two reporters for the Washington Post have engaged in writing a so-called 'investigative' report on Judge Roy Moore," Armistead said. "They have harassed family, friends and neighbors and have also attempted to gain access to the Foundation of Moral Law building under false pretensions. That story culminated in an article published yesterday morning.
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Updated today, Oct. 12, 2017, at 7:23 p.m. with Moore refusing to meet with reporters as scheduled at Huntsville event.
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