Steve Bannon puts pressure on a defiant Roy Moore to concede: Report

Published December 16, 2017 12:17am ET



Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is urging GOP Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, who is facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, to concede the race to Democrat Doug Jones, according to a new report.

Bannon, who firmly backed Moore and campaigned for him three times prior to the special election on Tuesday, has told the Moore campaign Moore must concede, according to CNN.

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