REPORT: Megachurch Pastor, Former Presidential Spiritual Adviser Sentenced For Fraud Scheme

Kirbyjon Caldwell, a Texas megachurch pastor and former presidential spiritual adviser, was reportedly sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday.

Caldwell pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in March after he and Gregory A. Smith, a Shreveport investment adviser, persuaded people to invest $3.5 million in historical Chinese bonds. Caldwell kept approximately $900,000 of the $3.5 million for himself, according to NBC DFW.

“[Caldwell] used his status as the pastor of a mega-church to help convince the many victim investors that they were making a legitimate investment, but instead he took their hard-earned money from them and used it for his own personal gain,” acting Attorney Alexander Van Hook said, NBC DFW reports.

Prior to his conviction, Caldwell was a spiritual adviser to both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

Caldwell is set to report to federal prison June 22.

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GOP politicians lost tens of thousands of followers after Twitter purged QAnon accounts. Here's who lost the most.

Nearly every major GOP elected official has hemorrhaged Twitter followers since the company cracked down on QAnon accounts following the riot at the Capitol on January 6, according to Insider's analysis of the lawmakers' public profiles.

Republican lawmakers lost nearly 6,000 followers on average over the weekend, with some follower counts dropping by more than 100,000.

Twitter announced on Tuesday that it had suspended more than 70,000 accounts. "Given the violent events in Washington, DC, and increased risk of harm, we began permanently suspending thousands of accounts that were primarily dedicated to sharing QAnon content on Friday afternoon," the company said.

Last week, Twitter permanently barred President Donald Trump's former national security advisor Michael Flynn, his former attorney Sidney Powell, and the 8chan founder Ron Watkins, all of whom have played a prominent role in amplifying QAnon content. They and other banned accounts, Twitter said, "were engaged in sharing harmful QAnon-associated content at scale and were primarily dedicated to the propagation of this conspiracy theory across the service."

GOP officials who lost most Twitter followers after QAnon ban - Business Insider

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