Can we have a conversation about Paula White, money, and the United States Senate?
Is that a yes?
In 2007, Chuck Grassley--yes, that Chuck Grassley!--launched a probe into whether televangelists were abusing their tax-exempt status; whether they were using tax-exempt donations for luxury spending, and mingling for-profit and non-profit components of their ministries. 1/x
I see that Rudy Giuliani is tweeting some nonsense about children in unsafe environments and cover-ups.
Which is a good reason for me to re-up this story from me, @typeinvestigate and @MotherJones yesterday about a Christian foster care home with a spotty record getting $87M in taxpayer money to house unaccompanied immigrant children.
When I tried to find out more, and to talk to the organization's executive director, I was told he needed HHS's permission to talk to me, and HHS didn't dispute that. And then: