“Jew Coup” News Channel Listed As Tax-Free Church

Jared Holt reports Right Wing Watch:



The Internal Revenue Service considers anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist Rick Wiles’ TruNews media operation a church, allowing it to operate tax-exempt and freeing it from requirements to disclose its donors or even file basic financial data required of nonprofit charitable organizations.

Wiles has used TruNews to promote conspiracy theories including “Pizzagate” and to spread an utterly debased message of hate against Jewish and LGTBQ people for years.

Wiles said in a December 2016 interview that no entity called “TruNews” exists but rather that the operation was housed in a ministry called Flowing Streams. As a result, Wiles and his cohort operate with tax-exempt status, and contributions made in the name of TruNews would be considered “offerings” in the eyes of the IRS.