The subject matter and timing of the story were terrible for Moreno, a year-old married man and father. He was about to appear on stage with Donald Trump to get a needed boost in a tight and vicious three-candidate GOP primary against Matt Dolan, a state senator, and Frank LaRose, the Ohio secretary of state. That was a little too convenient. Trump wants to showcase the power of his Moreno endorsement, which he made at the strong urging of Vance and Rep.
Jim Jordan of Ohio. Ohio Gov. Rob Portman has also endorsed Dolan, who ran afoul of Trump during his failed Senate bid for refusing to say the election had been stolen. Harder became a feared figure after suing the gossip website Gawker into bankruptcy when he represented Hulk Hogan. That lawsuit was financed by tech billionaire Peter Thiel , who had been outed by Gawker. To finish connecting the dots: Thiel was a top financial supporter of Vance in Moreno had also been part of that primary field.
After Trump endorsed Vance, Moreno dropped out and endorsed Vance, too. And the alleged facts of the Moreno-Adult FriendFinder story are. There is no evidence Moreno used it.
Instead, it shows he was the chief operating officer of a foreign exchange trading company from to and he attended Ohio University in Athens from to What was the nature of the internship? Did Ricci drive more than three hours from school to the internship? Bernie Moreno had nothing to do with the AFF account. According to metadata, the AFF account was never even usedβthere were no communications or contacts sent to or from any other AFF accounts, and no photos or content were uploaded to it.
It seems unlikely that the story will have much of an impact on the primary vote. And your friends and family would surely like to see this article:. Special Projects. Share this post. The Bulwark. Copy link.
