Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL), who’s been endorsed by President Donald Trump in his bid for U.S. Senate, was accused Saturday by an ex-senior staffer of “intentionally misleading” voters for years regarding his military service, The Daily Mail reported.
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Moore’s campaign told The Daily Mail that he had served in the U.S. military for “more than six years,” and his wife, Heather Moore, said recently that her husband had served eight years, according to a local Alabama media outlet, The Daily Mail reported.
However, according to documents recently released by Moore’s campaign, Moore had only served in the National Guard for less than three years before being honorably discharged in mid-1991.
Furthermore, The Daily Mail uncovered new details that put his military service claims further into question.
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“Multiple former staffers said that early in his congressional tenure, senior staff took a deliberate decision to avoid the word ‘veteran’ in all communications – because Moore did not meet the qualifications – substituting ‘former service member’ instead,” The Daily Mail’s report reads.
“In a further eyebrow-raising revelation, The Daily Mail has learned that Moore was typically accompanied by veteran staffers onto military bases, as he lacked the active-duty or veteran ID card needed for independent access.”
Nevertheless, Moore has continued to tout his military record amid his Senate campaign, including in a Facebook ad published in May in which he “claimed to be a veteran,” The Daily Mail reported.
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