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Televangelist Jim Bakker Sued by Gov’t Over Bogus Coronavirus ‘Cure’

PROFIT NOT PROPHET

The Missouri attorney general has gone to court to get Bakker to stop hawking the product on his show.

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The Missouri Attorney General’s Office is suing televangelist Jim Bakker for allegedly marketing a concoction called “Silver Solution” as a coronavirus cure. The suit, first reported by the Springfield News-Leader, comes after federal regulators warned Bakker to stop selling the product, which costs $80 or more. “God gave us this product, I believe,” Bakker, who once went to prison for fraud, recently said on his Branson-based show. Real health experts and government officials say there is no cure for the new coronavirus yet.

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