Trump’s Favorite Pastor Admits He Made Up Large Swaths Of His Biography

After giving a radically partisan benediction at the Republican National Convention in July, Pastor Mark Burns has hit the campaign trail hard for presidential candidate Donald Trump. Now that he’s in the spotlight, however, he’s being confronted with several claims on his website that appear to be false.

Burns, a prominent leader of the increasingly popular “prosperity gospel” movement, says on his website that he received a Bachelor of Science degree from North Greenville University and served six years in the Army Reserve. He also says he was a member of a prestigious African American fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi.

But North Greenville University told CNN Burns only attended for one semester, and the fraternity says it has no record of Burns. He also never served in the Army Reserve, but he spent some time in the South Carolina National Guard....
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