Roy Moore is knee deep in controversy less than a month away until the general election for the Alabama Senate. Nine women have come forward, claiming varying degrees of sexual misconduct against Moore while they were teenage minors or adult women, with one claiming to be as young as 14-years-old at the time of the encounter with Moore. These women claim that Moore either sexually harassed or sexually assaulted when they were teenagers. Moore and his campaign have denied these allegations, labeling them a “witch hunt” and “fake news.”
Despite calls from prominent Republicans to withdraw, Moore maintains his innocence and promises to not drop out of the race. He looks to replace former Senator Jeff Sessions on December 12. He’s already defeated Luther Strange in the primary elections. Now, Moore is looking to take out Democrat candidate Doug Jones, and secure an “almost permanent” seat in the Senate.
As the controversy continues, Moore refuses to step aside. Anyway, let’s see how much money he has in the bank…
Roy Moore Net Worth as of 2019: $2 Million
Moore’s net worth tallies up to an impressive $2 million. He takes in roughly $300,000 in earnings a year. This Republican politician rose from the position of a lawyer to circuit judge, all the way up to the supreme court of Alabama. He also founded his own charity: Foundation for Moral Law. According to an article by The Washington Post, Moore was paid nearly $200,000 a year from his own charity (estimated to be $180,000). The article also states that between the years 2002-2012, he received over $1 million as president of the Foundation for Moral Law. Moore has denied these claims, saying he made about $87,000 a year from this organization.
How Much Money Did Roy Moore Raise For His Senate Campaign?
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Republican Roy Moore is currently ahead of his opponent Democrat candidate Doug Jones when it comes to raising money for his campaign. Moore currently leads Jones by a 3-2 margin after the October reporting date, according to campaign finance filings. between April 1 and September 30, Moore’s senate campaign raised an incredible $2.5 million. He has reportedly already spent $2 million, leaving his campaign’s balance at an estimated $543,000.
From September 7-30 alone, Moore was able to raise a substantial amount of money (totaling $1.1 million). Meanwhile, Jones’ campaign brought in $1.6 million from May 8-September 30. Jones’ campaign has an estimated $610,000, after spending roughly $1 million.
The National Republican Committee announced that they would cease funding for Moore due to recent sexual misconduct/assault allegations. NRSC Chairman Cory Gardner suggests that if Moore refuses to withdraw and wins the race, the Senate “should vote to expel him.”
1974 – 2001
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Moore served as a captain in the United States Army. After he left the service in 1974, he enrolled in University of Alabama School of Law. By 1977, he was awarded a Juris Doctor degree and returned to his hometown of Gadsden, Alabama, to practice law, focusing on personal injury and insurance cases. In wouldn’t be long before Moore found himself working in the district attorney’s office, as the first full-time prosecutor in Etowah County.
While working in DA’s office, he was investigated by the state bar twice, both of which were dismissed as unfounded. After the first accusation was dismissed, Moore quit his job and decided to run as a Democrat for the county’s circuit-court judge seat in 1982. He lost the election and gained a close friend in his opponent.
In 1992, Moore switched over to the Republican Party. That same year, he was appointed as the circuit-court judge after failing to be elected to that same position ten years prior. “The impossible had happened!” Moore wrote afterward. “God had given me something that I had not been able to obtain through my own efforts.”
In 1994, he ran as Republican in an election for the circuit-court seat. Moore won the election with 62% of the vote.
He was involved in a controversy when he decided to hang up a wooden Ten Commandments plaque in his courtroom. Moore also opened each court session with an early prayer, which caused the local branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to send out a letter on June 1993, threatening a lawsuit against Moore. That lawsuit came to fruition in March 1995 when the ACLU claimed that pre-session prayers and hanging a Ten Commandments plaque in a courtroom are deemed unconstitutional. In 1996, Circuit Judge Charles Price came to the conclusion that pre-session prayers were unconstitutional, but the Ten Commandments plaque was protected. The judge later changed his decision and demanded that Moore removed the plaque within ten days. Moore did not let up and the case was thrown out in 1998.
2001 – 2016
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Roy Moore was chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court from 2001 to 2003. When he was sworn into office, he said, “I pledged to support not only the U.S. Constitution but the Alabama Constitution as well, which provided in its preamble that the state ‘established justice’ by ‘invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God.’ The connection between God and our law could not be more clear …”
Shortly after taking the role of Chief Justice, a statue of the Ten Commandments was erected outside the Alabama Supreme Court. Moore, the man who came up with the idea of the statue, faced heavy criticism and tremendous controversy from his decision. He was later removed from his position in the Alabama Supreme Court after he defied a court order to remove the statue.
Moore would not return to the bench until 2012 when he won the Republican primary for chief justice of Alabama. He sparked further controversy in 2015 when he encourage state officials to disregard the same-sex marriage ruling. Moore had issued an order, stating, “until further decision by the Alabama Supreme Court, the existing orders of the Alabama Supreme Court that Alabama probate judges have a ministerial duty not to issue any marriage license contrary to the Alabama Sanctity of Marriage Amendment or the Alabama Marriage Protection Act remain in full force and effect.”
He resigned from his position in 2016 after he received six charges of ethical violations and was suspended by the Court of the Judiciary.
Moore is currently in the race for a seat in the Alabama Senate. While on the trail of the election, nine women came forward with sexual misconduct allegations, some dating back 40 years.
2018
Roy Moore accuser Tina Johnson loses home and all their possessions in the possible arson attack.
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2019
Roy Moore promises to reveal “more details” about the 2017 U.S. Senate race he lost to Democrat Doug Jones.