The Democratic primary for governor took a nasty public turn Tuesday, when author and former nonprofit CEO Wes Moore filed a complaint with two state investigative agencies, accusing “an unidentified party” of anonymously disseminating “false and disparaging information regarding Wes Moore via electronic mail and social media in an orchestrated attempt to disparage Mr. Moore and damage his candidacy.”
The complaint suggested that another candidate for the Democratic nomination, former U.S. Education Secretary John B. King Jr., “may be responsible for this smear campaign” — a charge the King campaign denies.
Moore and King are among the 10 candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for governor in the July 19 primary.
For weeks, an investigative dossier into Moore’s background has been circulated anonymously by email to Democratic activists, media members, union leaders and others, accusing Moore of fabricating parts of his from-the-bootstraps personal history, which he has described in books, interviews, social media posts and on the campaign trail.
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