Trump-backed GOP candidate rips 'sick' report tying him to gay hookup website: 'Desperate people'

Bernie Moreno, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Ohio, is pushing back on a report that his email was linked to an Adult Friend Finder account, after a former intern admitted to creating the profile.

The AP could not confirm that the account was created by Moreno himself, but only that his email address was used to make the account. Former intern Dan Ricci then came forward saying he was the one who created the account as part of a "prank," which he said in a letter that he is "thoroughly embarrassed" by. Aubrie Spady is a Production Assistant for Fox News Digital.

"It’s a sick, last-minute attack by desperate people. This is what they do. Look at what they did to Judge (Brett) Kavanaugh, look at what they did to President Trump," Moreno told Politico in a statement blasting the report.