{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.tillis.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/thom-in-the-news?ContentRecord_id=86FB91B6-FC2A-4860-B4E5-94C965764DA3", "NCs Thom Tillis calls for ethics probe of Roy Moore", "2017-12-07", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Thom Tillis", "T000476", "www.tillis.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Add North Carolina\u2019s junior senator to the list of politicians who think the allegations of sexual misconduct against Roy Moore should be investigated.  \u00a0  Sen. Thom Tillis had previously called on Moore, who\u2019s running for a vacant Alabama Senate seat, to withdraw from the race. Moore is a former Alabama chief justice who\u2019s accused by several women of a range of misconduct, from inappropriate touching to sexual assault. Both Tillis and Moore are Republicans.  \u00a0  Moore has denied the allegations and is staying in the race. So Thursday, Tillis echoed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in saying the Senate should investigate Moore if he\u2019s elected.  \u00a0  \u201cI think we have to first move with an ethics investigation. We need to examine the facts and let those facts lead us where they may,\u201d he told\u00a0BuzzFeed's AM to DM show.  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  Among North Carolina Republicans, Tillis has been Moore\u2019s most vocal critic. Sen. Richard Burr also called for Moore to withdraw from the race, but\u00a0other Republicans remain silent.  \u00a0  Earlier this week, former Gov. Pat McCrory said on his radio show that Republicans and Democrats are \u201cputting aside values for the sake of a political agenda.\u201d He was referring to Moore and Sen. Al Franken, the Democrat from Minnesota who faces accusations of harassment, before Franken announced Thursday he would step down.  \u00a0  Dallas Woodhouse, executive director of the N.C. GOP, told the N&O on Tuesday that his group won\u2019t take a position on Moore or the claims against him.  \u00a0  The N.C. Democratic Party on Monday called on the state\u2019s top Republicans \u2013 Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, state Senate leader Phil Berger and state House Speaker Tim Moore \u2013 to take a position on Moore. So far, they haven\u2019t.  \u00a0  Top Democrats in the N.C. General Assembly called on Franken\u00a0to step down ahead of his announcement Thursday, while Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper denounced harassment more generally.  \u00a0  As for Tillis, he said the Senate can\u2019t procedurally prevent Moore from being seated if he\u2019s elected.  \u00a0  \u201cBut we do have jurisdiction over members, and we use an ethics investigation and see what remedies come out of that,\u201d Tillis said.  \u00a0  \u201cI\u2019m going to stay out of a race that I don\u2019t have a vote in,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd then as a member of a body that Mr. Moore might be admitted to, I\u2019m going to try to get the facts to the point where we can take appropriate action.\u201d\r\n\r\n\r\nRead the article here.\r\n\r\n\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.tillis.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/thom-in-the-news?ContentRecord_id=86FB91B6-FC2A-4860-B4E5-94C965764DA3"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.07743002101779, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}