Jerry Falwell Jr. 'spent Liberty University funds on pro-Trump causes including $2.2million to conservative lobbying nonprofit and $50,000 on political ads, and hired president's allies to campus think tank'
Jerry Falwell Jr. spent millions in Liberty University money to regularly promote Donald Trump, hiring his allies and paying for political adverts, according to a report by Politico. The disgraced former president and chancellor of Liberty, who resigned in August amid allegations of an extra marital affair, is said to have used the funds to set up a university-funded campus 'think tank' in 2019. Politico reports how Fawell, one of Trump's most vocal and ardent supporters in the 2016 election, created the Falkirk Center on campus to promote the Republican and his supporters. It then hired one of Trump's former advisers as well as his current attorney Jenna Ellis, the news site says. It has been pushing Trump's baseless election fraud claims since his defeat to Biden using social media and podcasts, the report also claims. Politico also details how the Falkirk Center bought at least $50,000 in Facebook adverts to promote Trump and other GOP hopefuls; the uni gave mo