Televangelists Miss Deadline to Turn Over Data

TELEVANGELISTS MISS DEADLINE TO TURN OVER DATA
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Suzanne Sataline suzanne.sataline@wsj.com ]
Four televangelists, under investigation for the way they raise and spend money, did not turn over financial information by Thursday, the deadline set by the Senate Finance Committee, including one preacher who challenged the committee to subpoena him. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), who is leading the investigation, said in a statement that he would wait for the ministers to send the information voluntarily. But the refusal and slow responses may force the senator into an uncomfortable choice: should legislators force religious entities to divulge financial details they are not required by law to share, risking the anger of religious voters who are being heavily courted in the walkup to the presidential election?
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