In 1987, Nelson pleaded guilty to tax evasion and was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for unreported income related to his international drug smuggling operation. He served five years with time off for good behavior. Nelson, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Register # 95870–024, was released from BOP custody on December 18, 1992.
Dr. Gene was probably as greedy as most televangelists, but he was greedy and intelligent. His was no honorary doctorate from some podunk bible college; he had a PhD from Stanford.
OK like 6 years back back when Bakker was doing his supplements schtick I made a rare post on one of my socials dragging him hard for it.
Yesterday out of nowhere I got a reply notification and opened it to a longwinded screed about the wonders of collodial silver and how it is a gift from God and my mocking the faith multiple other miscellaneous issues from some rando … who had obviously been led by the news to make a search for Jim Bakker to tske a stand for him and ran into that post. Proceeded to block.