The woman, identified by the paper as Jaime T. Phillips, claimed in recent interviews with reporters that she had an abortion after having sex with Mr. Moore in 1992. But The Post said that it had discovered inconsistencies in her account and evidence that the woman concocted the sensational claim to try to dupe reporters and coax them into discussing the political impact her story could have on Mr. Moore. “The intent by Project Veritas clearly was to publicize the conversation if we fell for the trap,” Martin Baron, the executive editor at The Post, was quoted as saying. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“I am not doing an interview right now, so I’m not going to say a word,” Mr. O’Keefe responded. “Roy Moore in Alabama,’’ the email to a Post reporter read, according to the story.

Source: New York Times November 28, 2017 00:25 UTC