Leonardo Blair
Senior Reporter
Leonardo Blair is an award-winning investigative reporter and feature writer whose career spanned secular media in the Caribbean and New York City prior to joining The Christian Post in 2013. His early work with CP focusing on crime and Christian society quickly attracted international attention when he exposed a campaign by Creflo Dollar Ministries in 2015 to raise money from supporters to purchase a $65 million luxury jet. He continues to report extensively on church crimes, spiritual abuse, mental health, the black church and major events impacting Christian culture.
He is a 2007 alumnus of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he was an inaugural member of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. He lives with his wife and two sons in New York City.
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Although more than 231 million Americans are eligible to vote, more than 90 million of them did not exercise that right in the U.S. presidential elections held last Tuesday according to the United States Elections Project.
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President-elect Donald Trump reaffirmed his commitment to nominating pro-life justices to the Supreme Court but suggested an unwillingness to go further to ban abortion nationwide.
Pastor, Mother and Daughter With 'Angelic' Voice Killed in Crash After Band Competition
An Indiana pastor, his mother and one of his daughters were all killed in a tragic accident Sunday morning just hours after his daughter and her high school teammates had performed at a national band competition.
Evangelical Christian Writer Jen Hatmaker Urges Christian Trump Supporters to Show Restraint
Jen Hatmaker, the high-profile evangelical Christian author who made headlines last month for endorsing same-sex marriage and declaring these unions can be holy, urged evangelical supporters of President-elect Donald Trump to show restraint in the aftermath of his shocking win at the polls on Tuesday.
Father of Slain Dallas Officer Sues Black Lives Matter for $550M
The father of Patrick Zamarippa, one of five police officers fatally shot by 25-year-old Micah Xavier Johnson during a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas, Texas, in July, filed a lawsuit Monday seeking damages of up to $550 million from the international activist group alleging that it incited a "war on police" that caused his son's death.
Donald Trump Wants to Delay Trump University Fraud Trial That Could Provide Grounds for Impeachment
An attorney for President-elect Donald Trump told a judge in San Diego, California, that the New York City billionaire wants to delay a federal fraud trial over his now defunct Trump University set to begin on Nov. 28, until after his inauguration in January.
Former Critics Mitt Romney, Bush Family Congratulate Donald Trump, Promise to Pray for Him
After publicly denouncing his presidential campaign in the bruising primary season, 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and the Bush family have congratulated President-elect Donald Trump for his unexpected win in the general election Tuesday, even promising to pray for him.
Paula White Fasted, Prayed for 3 Days on Election, Believes God's Hand Is in Donald Trump's Win
Popular televangelist and senior pastor of New Destiny Christian Center in Florida, Paula White, says she fasted and prayed for three days with thousands of Christians about the outcome of the recently concluded presidential election and believes God's hand was in President-elect Donald Trump's win on Tuesday.
Democrats Grieve Clinton Loss as Trump Supporters Celebrate 'Velvet Revolution' in New York
The results of the 2016 U.S. presidential elections streaming in on jumbo screens in the middle of Times Square hit the balloon of expectant victory among Hillary Clinton supporters like prickly pins until it was completely deflated on Tuesday night.
Pastor Who Voted Early Tells Congregation He 'Rolled the Dice for the Supreme Court'
While he didn't explicitly say he voted for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, Senior Pastor of New Life United Pentecostal Church in Austin, Texas, Rodney Shaw, revealed to his congregation Sunday that he voted early with a heavy heart and "rolled the dice for the Supreme Court."
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