Alabama Attorney General Asks Feds to Probe 2017 Election

Republican Senatorial candidate Roy Moore arrives on stage to speak about the race against his Democratic opponent Doug Jones in Montgomery, Alabama, on Dec. 12, 2017. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The Alabama attorney general on Jan. 7 called on federal authorities to investigate the state’s 2017 special election for the U.S. Senate.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall made the announcement after conducting an informal inquiry into reports of a false-flag operation designed to boost Democrat Doug Jones, who defeated Republican Roy Moore by a narrow margin in a hotly contested race.