Daystar received $3.9 million through the Paycheck Protection Program and the church bought a private jet just two weeks later, according to Inside Edition. Lamb denied buying the jet with government funds and insisted to Inside Edition that it was purchased with unspecified “investment” money.
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The jet was supposed to be used for official ministry work only, since it was purchased by the church, but Inside Edition pointed to Lamb’s use of the jet to fly his family from Texas to Florida for a vacation in 2020. Lamb eventually returned the $3.9 million after pressure from the Inside Edition segment.
The U.S. continues to see horrifying case counts and a staggering death toll from covid-19, which has killed over 777,000 Americans since the pandemic began. The U.S. reported 108,601 new covid-19 cases and new 1,550 deaths from the disease on Tuesday alone.
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The U.S. covid-19 vaccination rate is still just 59%, one of the lowest rates in the world for wealthy countries. It’s not clear if Lamb was vaccinated against covid-19.