Richard Blumenthal says Roy Moore should face ethics review if elected

Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Wednesday that Roy Moore should face an ethics review if he is elected to the Senate.

“There should be due process and an ethics committee investigation, that would be a bipartisan step, and then the appropriate remedies applied,” Mr. Blumenthal, Connecticut Democrat, said on CNN.

Mr. Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama and a former state chief justice, has been accused of making sexual advances on teenage girls — one as young as 14 years old — while in his 30s. He has denied these reports and refused to drop out of the race despite calls from Republican leaders to do so. On Tuesday, however, the Republican National Committee recommitted to the race after withdrawing its support a few weeks ago.

“I believe that Roy Moore committed these acts of unconscionable harassment and assault, and he will be judged by the United States Senate if he is elected, but I still very much hope that the voters of Alabama will show, not only good sense, but also moral principle,” Mr. Blumenthal said

The special election race will be held on Dec. 12. Mr. Moore will face Democratic candidate Doug Jones, who currently leads by 3 points in the RealClearPolitics poll average.