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Walker Sees Record Fundraising After Abortion Scandal

Mediaite reports: Herschel Walker got some good news in the midst of the fallout from a Daily Beast story accusing the Georgia Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate as his fundraising has reportedly seen a boost. Multiple reports on Tuesday suggest that Walker’s campaign has set a fundraising record since the Daily Beast story broke. Washington Examiner’s David M. Drucker …

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Trump Lawyer To Represent Favre In Welfare Scandal

Axios reports: Eric Herschmann, a top White House lawyer to President Trump, confirms to Axios he is now lead counsel to NFL legend Brett Favre, who is embroiled in a welfare-funds scandal in his home state of Mississippi. The former Green Bay Packers quarterback is at the center of Mississippi’s biggest-ever public corruption case. What’s happening: Herschmann confirmed his new …

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Favre Also Wanted Welfare Dough For Football Venue

The Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports: After Mississippi spent millions of dollars in welfare money on Brett Favre’s pet project, a university volleyball arena, the retired NFL quarterback tried two years later to get additional cash from the state’s welfare agency for another sports facility, new court documents show. The governor at the time, Republican Phil Bryant, texted in 2019 with Favre, …

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Ex-MS Gov Moves To Shield Texts In Welfare Scandal

Mississippi Today reports: Former Gov. Phil Bryant has publicly produced dozens of text messages in an attempt to prove he was unaware that former NFL quarterback Brett Favre was using welfare money for his volleyball project. The court documents filed Friday come within a court battle between Bryant and the attorney for nonprofit founder Nancy New over whether Bryant should …

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Singer R. Kelly Found Guilty Of Producing Child Porn

The Chicago Tribune reports: A federal jury in Chicago on Wednesday convicted disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly on child pornography charges for making videotapes of himself sexually abusing his then-14-year-old goddaughter decades ago. During the five-week trial, the jury was shown clips from three separate videos allegedly depicting Kelly abusing Jane, including the same tape from his Cook County trial …

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Former Aide Sues Cuomo For Sexual Harassment

The New York Daily News reports: A former aide to ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo filed suit against him and former top administration officials on Wednesday, alleging he tried to groom her for sex and aggressively retaliated when she spoke up about it. The suit filed by Charlotte Bennett, one of nearly a dozen women whose allegations prompted Cuomo’s resignation …

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Mastermind In Navy Bribery Scandal Goes On The Lam

The San Diego Union-Tribune reports: The military contractor known as “Fat Leonard,” the mastermind behind the worst public corruption scandal in U.S. Navy history who was three weeks away from being sentenced in the case, is on the run. Leonard Glenn Francis, who has been under house arrest, cut off his GPS monitoring ankle bracelet and absconded from his San …

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TN Megachurch Declares Bankruptcy After Sex Scandal

The Roys Report reports: A Tennessee megachurch has filed for bankruptcy and disclosed millions in debts, following scandal concerning Pastor Tavner Smith’s alleged sexual misconduct, federal court filings show. Venue Church in Chattanooga filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Its bankruptcy petition shows the church has more than $3 million …

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Former TN GOP House Speaker Charged With Bribery

The Associated Press reports: Tennessee’s disgraced former House Speaker Glen Casada and his top aide were arrested Tuesday on federal charges including bribery, kickbacks and conspiracy to commit money laundering with federal funds. Their indictments come months after Republican Rep. Robin Smith abruptly resigned when faced with federal wire fraud charges involving Casada. While Casada was not directly named at …

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Judges In “Kids-For-Cash” Scandal Told To Pay $206M

The Associated Press reports: Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of people they victimized in one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S. history. U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner awarded $106 million in compensatory damages and $100 million …

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Lawsuit Accuses Cardinal Of Sexually Assaulting Woman

The CBC reports: The name of a prominent Vatican cardinal, who is regarded as a potential successor to Pope Francis, appears on a list made public as part of a new class action against the Quebec diocese, Radio-Canada’s investigative program Enquête has found. Cardinal Marc Ouellet, who was the archbishop of Quebec when the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was taking …

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Ontario Megachurch Pastor Accused Of Sex With Minor

The Christian Post reports: One of Canada’s largest megachurches says it has substantiated sexual abuse allegations against former pastor Bruxy Cavey, including one involving a minor. Cavey, who was arrested and charged with sexual assault in June, was the former pastor of The Meeting House, which has multiple campuses across the Toronto area. Ontario police arrested the 57-year-old on May …

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DOJ Investigates Southern Baptists Over Sex Abuses

The Washington Post reports: The Southern Baptist Convention, the second-largest faith group in the country, said Friday that the Justice Department is investigating multiple arms of the denomination following an internal report that showed mishandling of sexual abuse cases. The investigation is related to a recent bombshell third-party report commissioned by the SBC, a spokesman said late Friday. The report …

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FBI: Company Led By GOP Ex-Florida House Speaker Bilked Local Govts Millions For 2018 Hurricane Cleanup

The Fort Myers News-Press reports: GAC Contractors, a local company whose top executives include former House Speaker Allan Bense, bilked “millions of dollars” from local governments in 2018 when it was contracted to clean up debris caused by Hurricane Michael, newly released court documents from an ongoing federal investigation show. The company’s top executives, including Bense and its late CEO …

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Dominatrices To Testify Against New Orleans Priest

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports: Two professional dominatrices accused of a sexual tryst with a priest on the altar of Pearl River Catholic church in 2020 have each pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge of institutional vandalism and won’t serve jail time, according to court records. But Melissa Cheng and Mindy Dixon will have to come back to 22nd …

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Ex-Staffers File Scathing Suit Against Project Veritas

The New York Times reports: The conservative group Project Veritas has for years sought to embarrass political opponents and members of media organizations by surreptitiously recording them and publicizing their private communications. But two lawsuits filed in federal court late Sunday by the organization’s former employees purported to expose its own inner workings, portraying a “highly sexualized” work culture where …

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Details Emerge On Latest Haggard/Meth Allegations

The Christian Post reports: The former megachurch pastor allegedly asked a young male church member to whom he was providing counseling to buy him methamphetamine and said he was planning to use it to celebrate his upcoming birthday. Rev. Kirk Sethman said when they got to Haggard’s house, Haggard gave him a briefcase to throw away. “He asked us to …

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Ted Haggard Once Again Accused Of …YOU KNOW

The Denver Gazette reports: National evangelical Christian powerhouse Ted Haggard, who founded New Life Church in Colorado Springs in 1984, grew it to 14,000 worshipers and was excommunicated in 2006 amid accusations that he paid a male escort for sex and was using methamphetamine, is facing new allegations from another congregation he started in 2010, Saint James Church. Two young …

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FL Pastor Arrested Mid-Grindr Hookup With Teen Boy

Flagler Live reports: Alphonso Joseph, a 48-year-old Palm Coast resident and pastor associated with several Bunnell churches and spiritual organizations, was arrested Friday and charged with molesting a 15-year-old boy in a vehicle on the Matanzas Woods Golf Course. Joseph himself may have inadvertently attracted sheriff’s deputies to the area: the 911 center had received a noise complaint late the …

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Jerry Falwell’s Pool Boy To Appear In Hulu Documentary

The Miami New Times reports: In August of 2020, a Miami Beach pool boy’s account of his seven-year sexual relationship with evangelical leader Jerry Falwell, Jr., and Falwell’s wife Becki, was shared in a bombshell Reuters report. The story rocked the religious right. Falwell resigned as president of the conservative Liberty University hours after the article appeared online, and a …

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