Senior GOP Senator Says Moore Allegations Are From ‘Decades Ago’

Utah Senator Orrin Hatch said that President Donald Trump had no choice but to endorse Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore and described sexual misconduct allegations against the Republican as dated.

“I don’t think he had any choice but to do that,” Hatch told reporters traveling with the president to Utah on Monday who asked him about Trump’s endorsement of Moore. “You know he needs every Republican he can get so he can put his agenda through. So that’s the only Republican you can possibly get down there.”