In a May 18 interview with Politico, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was asked whether those questioning his personal accomplishments were acting in bad faith.
“I can tell my own story,” Moore said. “I don’t need someone else to tell it.”
A Spotlight on Maryland investigative series has found that, for more than 20 years, Moore has repeatedly told versions of his story that do not match the record.
In a career-advancing 2006 application for a White House Fellowship, critical parts of his submission were knowingly false. Spotlight’s review of Moore’s résumé, available military records, and related documents found false, misleading, or unsubstantiated claims about his Army service — including the most serious one: that he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for service in Afghanistan.
It had not been awarded.
Moore controversially received the Bronze Star retroactively in 2024, nearly 19 years later, after being called out by The New York Times in an article that exposed Moore, but also seemingly gave him cover. Yet in his 2006 White House Fellows résumé, Moore represented himself as a Bronze Star recipient while competing for one of the country’s most prestigious leadership opportunities.
This was not a casual biography. It was a formal résumé, falsely enhanced and submitted for a federal fellowship designed to place rising leaders in full-time roles alongside senior White House staff and cabinet officials.
The application Moore submitted to the federal government contained multiple...
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