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Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 07:12 PM Sep 2019

Liberty's Falwell says he's target of 'attempted coup'

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Source: Associated Press

Sarah Rankin and Alan Suderman, Associated Press
Updated 4:43 pm CDT, Tuesday, September 10, 2019



Photo: Steve Helber, AP
FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2016, file photo, Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., poses during an interview in his offices at the school in Lynchburg, Va. Falwell Jr. said Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, that he is asking the FBI to investigate what he called a “criminal” smear campaign orchestrated against him by several disgruntled former board members and employees.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. said Tuesday that he is asking the FBI to investigate what he called a "criminal" smear campaign orchestrated against him by several disgruntled former board members and employees.

Falwell told The Associated Press he has evidence that the group improperly shared emails belonging to the university with reporters in an attempt to discredit him. He said the "attempted coup" was partially motivated by his ardent backing of President Donald Trump.

Falwell, head of the nation's most high-profile evangelical college, was among the earliest Christian conservatives to endorse Trump's campaign.

His allegations come after the publication of a story in Politico Magazine on Monday that alleged Falwell "presides over a culture of self-dealing" at Liberty that has improperly benefited him and his family. The story cited unnamed sources described as current and former officials or Falwell associates.


Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/education/article/Liberty-s-Falwell-says-he-s-target-of-attempted-14429079.php







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Liberty's Falwell says he's target of 'attempted coup' (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2019 OP
Has he asked people to send prayers? n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2019 #1
No. Only all their money. milestogo Sep 2019 #18
i only have one message for this grifter. shave. am i the only one sick of the bearded age? Kurt V. Sep 2019 #2
No you are not. Raster Sep 2019 #9
You are not the only one! murielm99 Sep 2019 #22
Please let it be BlueMTexpat Sep 2019 #3
Could it be.... 50 Shades Of Blue Sep 2019 #4
Sent the story to a friend who's family has a long history with the Falwells underpants Sep 2019 #5
A conspiracy by the Deep University! hatrack Sep 2019 #6
Talk about dynastys. Newest Reality Sep 2019 #7
Don't know much about the kid.... Maxheader Sep 2019 #8
Are you sure you want the FBI digging into things at Liberty U, Jerry? tanyev Sep 2019 #10
Just cause you're a paranoid Christian doesn't mean they aren't out to get ya! Opel_Justwax Sep 2019 #11
If this is Christianity then I'll pass. A disgusting human being. walkingman Sep 2019 #12
I hope he is the target of a coup. Gore1FL Sep 2019 #13
All these jerks.... dawnie51 Sep 2019 #14
What does your pool boy say about it, Jerry? keithbvadu2 Sep 2019 #15
What is the more likely explanation, a conspiracy against you... Thomas Hurt Sep 2019 #16
It is impossible... lonely bird Sep 2019 #17
I see massive irony and hypocrisy in these events. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2019 #19
"asking the FBI to investigate" means asking trump's goon barr to go after his political enemy PSPS Sep 2019 #20
"Attempted Coup"??? What, now he thinks he is a 'nation state'??? WTF? NotHardly Sep 2019 #21
psychopath Javaman Sep 2019 #23
Party on, dude! brooklynite Sep 2019 #24
After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Sep 2019 #25

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
1. Has he asked people to send prayers? n/t
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 07:16 PM
Sep 2019

milestogo

(16,829 posts)
18. No. Only all their money.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 11:06 PM
Sep 2019

Kurt V.

(5,624 posts)
2. i only have one message for this grifter. shave. am i the only one sick of the bearded age?
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 07:17 PM
Sep 2019

Raster

(20,996 posts)
9. No you are not.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 07:34 PM
Sep 2019

murielm99

(30,657 posts)
22. You are not the only one!
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 07:42 AM
Sep 2019

BlueMTexpat

(15,349 posts)
3. Please let it be
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 07:18 PM
Sep 2019

a successful one!

50 Shades Of Blue

(9,777 posts)
4. Could it be....
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 07:25 PM
Sep 2019

SATAN?!

underpants

(182,284 posts)
5. Sent the story to a friend who's family has a long history with the Falwells
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 07:28 PM
Sep 2019

Going back to high school with Jerry.

His daddy was the same but hid it. Jerry is a putt like his uncle. Rich entitled kid sho should not be running anything and now we find out he is a terrible person just like his dad. Not sure why that would surprise anyone.

hatrack

(59,446 posts)
6. A conspiracy by the Deep University!
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 07:33 PM
Sep 2019

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
7. Talk about dynastys.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 07:33 PM
Sep 2019

This charlatan calls it a coup? What a term to use. Depose the Shah of Liberty?

Hey, move over, there are plenty of new faux Xtians waiting to fork in that kind of money.

Maxheader

(4,366 posts)
8. Don't know much about the kid....
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 07:34 PM
Sep 2019

but his ole man was a worthless p.o.s....


PRETORIA, South Africa -- Moral Majority leader Rev. Jerry Falwell met Monday with President Pieter Botha and emerged with praise for the white-minority government. He vowed to wage a $1 million media blitz in support of Pretoria and blasted Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu.

Nine South African churchmen -- six whites and three blacks -- who met with Botha to seek an end to nearly yearlong racial violence that has claimed some 635 lives, said Botha refused to listen to their pleas to dismantle the government's apartheid policy of racial segregation.

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/08/19/Falwell-defends-South-African-president/6836493272000/

tanyev

(42,362 posts)
10. Are you sure you want the FBI digging into things at Liberty U, Jerry?
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 07:40 PM
Sep 2019

They might find some things you don’t want them to find.

Opel_Justwax

(230 posts)
11. Just cause you're a paranoid Christian doesn't mean they aren't out to get ya!
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 07:40 PM
Sep 2019

walkingman

(7,512 posts)
12. If this is Christianity then I'll pass. A disgusting human being.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 08:10 PM
Sep 2019

Gore1FL

(21,035 posts)
13. I hope he is the target of a coup.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 08:31 PM
Sep 2019

I also hope they are successful.

dawnie51

(959 posts)
14. All these jerks....
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 09:08 PM
Sep 2019

use the same play book, don't they? It's a coup, it's a smear job, "fake news"...… It's disgusting. Grow up, Jr. We see you.

keithbvadu2

(36,371 posts)
15. What does your pool boy say about it, Jerry?
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 09:12 PM
Sep 2019

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
16. What is the more likely explanation, a conspiracy against you...
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 09:14 PM
Sep 2019

or you are just corrupt a hole. lol

lonely bird

(1,643 posts)
17. It is impossible...
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:32 PM
Sep 2019

for me to care less about asshat religionists.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
19. I see massive irony and hypocrisy in these events.
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 12:16 AM
Sep 2019

In my youth in the Baptist church in the 50s and 60s, the tenants we were taught were humility, a life lived in modesty with excess given to charity, and honesty - among others. The pastors of our churches lived very modestly and in fact had to be "pounded" once or twice a year with donated food and supplies from church folk just to survive.

If these mega-church preachers such as Bakker, Falwell, Roberts, Graham, et al had lived by those standards....

* neither they nor their churches would have become wealthy (therefore not tempted by corruption),
* we would not have heard of them if we didn't live close by because they could not have built massive media organizations,
* Falwell and others would not be facing widespread public scrutiny or possible court action, and
* they might still be just everyday preachers driving a Buick and doing nothing but sermons, hospital visits, funerals and weddings.

Just a late thought.......

PSPS

(13,516 posts)
20. "asking the FBI to investigate" means asking trump's goon barr to go after his political enemy
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 01:22 AM
Sep 2019

NotHardly

(1,062 posts)
21. "Attempted Coup"??? What, now he thinks he is a 'nation state'??? WTF?
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 03:30 AM
Sep 2019

Javaman

(62,444 posts)
23. psychopath
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 09:32 AM
Sep 2019
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brooklynite

(93,880 posts)
24. Party on, dude!
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 09:39 AM
Sep 2019


Omaha Steve

(99,079 posts)
25. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 05:27 PM
Sep 2019

Not important news.

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