Former Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore pleads for $250,000 from supporters to pay legal fees
Former Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore
is long past the need for campaign contributions, but that didn't stop
him from pleading with supporters to help pay his hefty legal fees
incurred trying to fight sexual misconduct allegations.
The Republican, who lost to Democrat Doug Jones in a Dec. 12 runoff to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions,
took to Facebook late Thursday to tell supporters he faces "another
vicious attack from lawyers in Washington D.C. and San Francisco who
have hired one of the biggest firms in Birmingham Alabama to bring
another legal action against me and ensure that I never fight again."
Moore is asking for supporters to donate $250,000 to help him pay off his legal fees.
Starting
in early November 2017, Moore faced accusations from eight women that
he engaged in sexual misconduct, including that he initiated a sexual
encounter with a 14-year-old girl in 1979 when he was 32. Moore denied
all of the claims and steadfastly remained in the race, even as members
of his own party called for him to drop out.
Leigh Corfman, the women who claims Moore assaulted her at 14, sued Moore for defamation in January, according to The Washington Post.
Also
contributing to Moore's legal costs, the former Alabama chief justice
filed a lawsuit in late December after losing to Jones, trying to
prevent the results of the special election from being certified. The
case was tossed out by Alabama circuit judge Johnny Hardwick on the same day results were certified on Dec. 28.
"I
have lawyers who want to help but they are not without cost and besides
their fees, legal expenses could run over $100,000," Moore wrote on
Thursday. "I have had to establish a legal defense fund, anything you
give will be appreciated."
PHOTO:
Roy Moore speaks during an election night party in Montgomery, Alabama,
Dec. 12, 2017. Moore lost the senate race to Doug Jones. (Luke
Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
As
he did throughout his losing campaign, Moore attacked the "liberal
media" in his plea for donations and wrote, "Gays, lesbians, and
transgenders have joined forces with those who believe in abortion, sodomy, and destruction of all that we hold dear. Unless we stand together we will lose our Country."
Moore admits in the letter that his funds are "depleted" and he has "struggled to make ends meet." The candidate raised over $6.1 million during the special election, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, an independent nonprofit which tracks campaign donations, and spent all but $48,771.
"Please
send a generous gift today to the Roy Moore Legal Defense Fund to help
me defeat, once and for all, those who would destroy America in order to
usher in their anti-Christian 'kingdom,'" Moore asks.
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PHOTO:
Roy Moore speaks during an election night party in Montgomery, Alabama,
Dec. 12, 2017. Moore lost the senate race to Doug Jones. (Luke
Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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