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or my family. And I've known of many

others. There was a man last year, a

preacher in this county, who got into some

trouble with the IRS, and some things

happened through his church and some

people got angry with him. Over half of his

congregation left during this time. He

actually got arrested. And I called him up

and told him, "When you go to court, I don't

need to know whether you're guilty or

innocent; if you need me, I'll be there.” He

started crying on the phone. I said, "I'll

stand with you whatever." I know the man.

And there were others who began pointing

their fingers and said this and said that and

whatever, and I found out this week what it

was really all about, and he was not guilty of

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