Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore "refuses to accept" an endorsement from imprisoned white supremacist Matthew Hale, his campaign confirmed Tuesday.

In an email to AL.com, a campaign spokeswoman said that Hale's "white supremacism and criminal record have no place in the Judge Moore campaign." Instead, the campaign touted endorsements it has received from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson and James Dobson who is the founder of Focus on the Family.

The campaign's reaction comes after a Chicago Tribune story, posted online Monday, reported the contents of a news release from Hale's mother comparing the white supremacist's legal woes to the sexual harassment accusations against Moore, the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice.

Moore faces Democrat Doug Jones in the Dec. 12 general election.

"Anybody can accuse anyone of anything but that doesn't make it true," Hale is quoted as saying. "I know from my own experience."

The news release specifically states that Hale endorses Moore, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Matthew Hale in 1999 (AP photo)

"There is no evidence Roy Moore committed sexual harassment against any of the women ... or that Roy Moore is a sexual predator," the newspaper quotes the news release as saying.

According to the Chicago Tribune, the attempted connections between Hale's past legal issues and the accusations of sexual misconduct leveled against Moore began and ended there.

Moore is a conservative former state judge twice removed from office for violating federal orders related to the display of a Ten Commandments monument in 2003, and for ordering probate judges last year to not issue same-sex marriage licenses.

Hale, a 46-year-old Illinois man who once referred to himself as the "Pontifex Maximus" of the former World Church of the Creator, is serving a 40-year prison sentence in Florence, Colo., a supermax prison.

He was convicted by a federal jury in 2004 of plotting to assassinate a federal judge. No attempt was made on U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow's life, but in February 2005, her husband and mother were slain in an unrelated tragedy.

Hale has long maintained his innocence, and accuses the government of framing him.