The Justice Department dropped charges against a Utah doctor accused of pocketing nearly $100,000 from anti-vaxxers for fake COVID-19 shots – all while destroying thousands of dollars’ worth of real vaccines.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Saturday that she directed her department to drop the case against Dr. Michael Kirk Moore, who had been charged with conspiracy to defraud the government and other offenses, arguing that he “did not deserve” the 35-year prison sentence he was facing.
“At my direction @TheJusticeDept has dismissed charges against Dr. Kirk Moore,” Bondi posted on X.
AG Pam Bondi directed the Justice Department to drop charges against Dr. Kirk Moore. AFP via Getty Images
“Dr. Moore gave his patients a choice when the federal government refused to do so. He did not deserve the years in prison he was facing. It ends today.”
Moore, along with two of his staffers and a neighbor, was