Moore's Attorney Tries Another Defense Against Sex Accusations

GADSDEN, AL - Roy Moore has been losing support nationally amidst more allegations that the GOP Senate candidate pursued underage girls when he was in his 30s. The Republican National Committee has withdrawn support of Moore, and Republican leaders throughout the country have suggested Moore step out of the race. Moore's attorney Trenton Garmon's appearance Wednesday on MSNBC likely will not help regain any of that support.

Garmon attempted to defend Moore's dating teenage girls, and responded to questions by MSNBC's Ali Velshi about Moore, saying he "never dated any girls without their mothers permission," and by addressing Velshi's background. Velshi is of Indian descent, but has never lived in India, and Garmon used that opportunity to bring up the practice of arranged marriages in countries like India, and that sometimes those marriages involve young girls. "In other countries, there's arrangement through parents for what we would refer to as consensual marriage," Garmon said. Velshi's co-host, Stephanie Ruhle, twice informed Garmon that Velshi grew up in Canada, but Garmon did not acknowledge that, but instead brought up that Velshi also lived in Kenya and Pakistan (in addition to England and New York).

Garmon did not clear up any inconsistencies Moore has had personally in his defense. He did, however say that he has consulted with handwriting experts who said the yearbook signing by Moore for accuser Beverly Young Moore is a forgery.

Moore's attorney has an interesting background himself. Garmon lost his license to practice law temporarily in 2014 because he contacted the family of a 13-year-old girl who died in an automobile accident less than two days after the girl's funeral services. Garmon was soliciting business from the family and claimed he was contacted by a cousin of the girl's parents, but that claim was proven false. Also, Garmon told the mother of the deceased child that the child's father had been in contact with him, which was also untrue. Garmon was reinstated by the Alabama Bar Association this year.

Here is the MSNBC interview: