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'Someone's Gotta Tell the Freakin' Truth': Jerry Falwell's Aides Break Their Silence
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Someones Gotta Tell the Freakin Truth: Jerry Falwells Aides Break Their Silence
More than two dozen current and former Liberty University officials describe a culture of fear and self-dealing at the largest Christian college in the world.
By BRANDON AMBROSINO
September 09, 2019
At Liberty University, all anyone can talk about is Jerry Falwell Jr. Just not in public.
When he does stupid stuff, people will mention it to others they consider confidants and not keep it totally secret, a trusted adviser to Falwell, the schools president and chancellor, told me. But they wont rat him out.
Thats beginning to change.
Over the past year, Falwell, a prominent evangelical leader and supporter of President Donald Trump, has come under increasing scrutiny. News outlets have reported on business deals by Liberty University benefiting Falwells friends. Trumps former personal attorney Michael Cohen claimed that he had helped Falwell clean up racy personal photographs.
Based on scores of new interviews and documents obtained for this article, concerns about Falwells behavior go well beyond thatand its causing longtime, loyal Liberty University officials to rapidly lose faith in him.
More than two dozen current and former high-ranking Liberty University officials and close associates of Falwell spoke to me or provided documents for this article, opening upfor the first time at an institution so intimately associated with the Falwell familyabout what theyve experienced and why they dont think hes the right man to lead Liberty University or serve as a figurehead in the Christian conservative movement.
In interviews over the past eight months, they depicted how Falwell and his wife, Becki, consolidated power at Liberty University and how Falwell presides over a culture of self-dealing, directing university resources into projects and real estate deals in which his friends and family have stood to make personal financial gains. Among the previously unreported revelations are Falwells decision to hire his son Treys company to manage a shopping center owned by the university, Falwells advocacy for loans given by the university to his friends, and Falwells awarding university contracts to businesses owned by his friends.
Were not a school; were a real estate hedge fund, said a senior university official with inside knowledge of Libertys finances. Were not educating; were buying real estate every year and taking students money to do it. ........................................
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'Someone's Gotta Tell the Freakin' Truth': Jerry Falwell's Aides Break Their Silence (Original Post)
riversedge
Sep 2019
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dalton99a
(81,406 posts)1. Falwell is 100X worse than his father ever was
and his father was a big asshole
appalachiablue
(41,105 posts)2. KR Thanks for posting