Two Christian right organizers of rallies and marches promoting "stolen election" and "election fraud" lies worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Other rally speakers included Oath Keepers' Stewart Rhodes and conspiracist Alex Jones, both, who according to new reporting from the @nytimes last night and the @wsj this morning, were at the center of the Capitol insurrection.
My new reporting, out just this morning, shows how two Trump admin officials from HHS organized rallies fomenting the rhetoric of holy war, working with key Jan. 6 figures, and laying the groundwork for the insurrection.
And how, in the immediate aftermath of the insurrection, began promoting lies and conspiracies like the mob was not actually Trump supporters but rather Antifa and BLM.
Today DOJ announced that far-right social media influencer known as Ricky Vaughn was arrested on charges of "conspiring with others" leading up to 2016 election "to disseminate misinformation designed to deprive individuals of their constitutional right to vote."
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: