Years ago this did not happen. So. What we are seeing is a perfect storm of politics. Some parts are about expedience. Some are just ugly. And the timing matters. This the seventh day of his return from asia, the president finds the country reeling in accusations about powerful men in politics and media. You got congressman john conyers, senator al franken, glenn thrush. Cbs anchor charlie rose. Roy moore isnt the only name out there anymore. And there is safety in numbers, and moore is probably the most adamant denier of the claims against him. And if anyone is going to respect a denier of allegations of Sexual Misconduct in a robust double down as we saw from the moore team today as they attacked accusers, it would be the president who did the same thing in the face of a dozen allegations. And then there is the raw politics. Trump likes to defy the establishment, even if his party and leadership are on the side of the alleged victims. And in the end the gop needs the seat in the sena
Asia. Delivered a speech just a little while ago. But hes keeping very, very quiet about the entire roy moore scandal. Reporter wolf, he is, indeed. He, of course, is watching all of this very carefully because the balance of power in the senate potentially hangs on this but he has decided not to weigh in today even though some of his republicans in this town would like him to. Wolf, i can promise you he is watching this News Conference here as well. This is something that all republicans in town are eager to have the president s voice on this. Senator Lindsey Graham said earlier he hopes the president as the leader of the party weighs in. So lets watch as this unfolds right in front of us. Wolf, in birmingham, alabama, all of the Senate Republicans watching this race. All right. Here is the attorney for roy moore. As you know, judge moore has been falsely accused of doing some things he did not do 40 years ago. This is a campaign so you can expect most anything to come out. We cant ju
Moments ago, the president was also asked whether he thinks moore should drop out. Moore should drop out. He did not answer those questions. Greg, we are waiting for the developments coming out of the meetings. See if they have some consensus regarding our position regarding moore. The president deciding to not make any comment about whether or not he should drop out. Greg is it happening . They have files in their hand. Kimberly they are walking down the stairs. Greg he has 24 hours to prove his innocence. It is like he is jack bauer on 24. They should turn it into a tv series. Kimberly we are moving on from greg. Go ahead. As you know, judge moore has been accused of things he did not do 40 years ago. This is a campaign, so you can expect most anything to come out. We cant stand by idly and that false charges go without answering. Weve had a lot of people tell us Different Things about some of these stories, and we are checking them all out. One thing i can tell you is we do have som
Allegations against him. In all of this, though, the one thing he still hasnt done more than two weeks since Election Night is concede. Joining us now from montgomery, alabama, cnns diane gallagher. First off, diane, whats in the new statement from the moore team . I can tell you whats not in there, john. And thats an official concession. I want to give you just a little bit of a synopsis of whats in there a little bit here. He says, Election Fraud experts across the country have agreed that this was a fraudulent election. He then says, i have stood for the truth about god and the constitution for the people of alabama. I have no regrets. To god be the glory. A little bit of a clarification there, in his statement, by election experts across the country, you must assume that he means the three election experts that were quoted in his lawsuit. One of whom is a bit of a notorious conspiracy theorist, someone who peddles Jfk Assassination theorys and the dnc staffer seth richs murder. Als
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