Michael Moates

Photo: Mark Vitullo, New Year's Eve 2008, Delray Beach, Fla.   At Right Wing Watch, we do a lot of wonky research on right-wing movements and their leaders, and we’re proud of that work.

Michael Moates, a conservative writer with more than 200,000 followers online and an occasional presence in the White House press room, allegedly sent multiple inappropriate messages to teenage women in conservative circles, knowing they were underage.