Senator Grassley Urges Four Ministries to Cooperate with Investigation
Senator Charles Grassley has written follow-up letters to four television ministers asking them to cooperate with the investigation that he launched last November. The ministers (and, presumably, their attorneys) cited privacy protections and questioned the senator's jurisdiction in their initial responses. In his letters, Senator Grassley outlined his committee's jurisdiction in "determining [...]
Minister Questioning Propriety of Senator’s Request
As reported in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Creflo Dollar's lawyers are questioning the propriety of Senator Grassley's request for financial information of Dollar's church and ministry. As noted in the article, the Church Audit Procedures Act provides significant protections for churches during Internal Revenue Service audits. These protections are reflective, in part, of the [...]