Alabama exploring whether Democratic disinformation cost Roy Moore a Senate seat

By Naomi Lim

Published December 27, 2018 9:32pm ET

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Alabama exploring whether Democratic disinformation cost Roy Moore a Senate seat — In this Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 file photo, former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally, in Fairhope Ala. Republicans had a lock on all Alabama statewide offices until Jones' narrow win last year over Moore, who was already deemed too extreme for many moderate voters before he was accused of sexual misconduct with underage girls. | (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

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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