WASHINGTON (KLFY)- U.S. Sen. John Kennedy joined several GOP members today urging Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore to step down if sexual misconduct allegations against him are true.

Kennedy’s office issued the state just after 5 p.m.

Earlier today, the Associated Press reported that an attorney for Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore is trying to discredit molestation allegations by a woman who says the Republican assaulted her when she was 16.

Attorney Phillip L. Jauregui said during a news conference Wednesday that they had hired a handwriting analyst to look into whether the signature in Beverly Young Nelson’s yearbook is authentic.

The attorney also tried to poke other holes in her story.