Alabama exploring whether Democratic disinformation cost Roy Moore a Senate seat

Published December 27, 2018 9:32pm ET



Alabama’s attorney general is looking at whether Democratic efforts to spread disinformation about Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore on social media cost him last year’s special election, according to a report.

“The information is concerning,” GOP state Attorney General Steve Marshall told the Washington Post Thursday. “The impact it had on the election is something that’s significant for us to explore, and we’ll go from there.”

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