Podbit · Candace
The 888 plane that left on the day of Kirk's assassination was formerly registered in Romania. Erica Kirk's Romanian Angels project, Tyler Boyer's Russian studies degree and time in Ukraine, Greg Laurie's Harvest Church in court over Romania trafficking — the threads keep multiplying. It isn't a coincidence; it's a pattern.
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This chapter is the broadest canvas of the episode. Owens systematically reads through what she calls her 'connecting themes spreadsheet,' an ever-growing list of TPUSA figures with ties to Eastern Europe, orphanages, or trafficking. The 888 plane that departed on the day of Kirk's assassination was formerly registered in Romania. Erica Kirk ran Romanian Angels and worked with Colonel Otto Buscher, accused of running a trafficking operation through a U.S. Marine base. Tyler Boyer spent years in Russia and Ukraine doing missionary work. Rob McCrory adopted a 12-year-old girl named Natalia from Russia in 2006. Greg Laurie's Harvest Church is in court over Romania trafficking — and Laurie is not flatly denying something happened. Andrew Colvette's brother Curtis was recently stationed in Romania as a lieutenant colonel. TPUSA's biggest donor, Nelda Buckman, has been extensively involved in anti-trafficking work. Owens's conclusion is stark: this is not a collection of coincidences. It is a network that she believes infiltrated Turning Point USA.
Pastor Greg Laurie's Harvest Church is currently in court proceedings over credible accusations of trafficking from Romania, and Laurie does not deny something took place.
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