REMINDER: Walker Touts Veteran Ties — Despite Connection to For-Profit Program That “Preyed Upon Veterans and Service Members While Defrauding the Government”

Herschel Walker has repeatedly lied about founding a charity for veterans — when in reality, he made a fortune last year, and the decade prior, serving as a spokesperson for a private hospital chain’s for-profit program that “preyed upon veterans and service members while defrauding the government” — and was involved with yet another company that “may also have targeted veterans in a multilevel marketing scheme.” 

Read the bombshell reports here and here, and catch up on the wave of coverage below.

AP: “HERSCHEL WALKER’S TIES TO VETERANS PROGRAM FACE SCRUTINY”

AMERICAN INDEPENDENT: “HERSCHEL WALKER IN PAID PARTNERSHIP WITH MARKETING COMPANY ACCUSED OF PREYING ON VETERANS”

• Fox News National: “An Associated Press investigation looked into a for-profit veterans group that Walker was once associated with. AP says the group was preying on veterans and defrauding the government.”

• Fox 5 Atlanta:  “[Walker] boasts of that charity work. His organization aims to help members of the military who struggle with mental health…but the Associated Press reports it’s not a charity at all, it’s an arm of a for-profit hospital chain. Court documents show the company has a checkered history, treating veterans and reached a $100 million settlement after the justice department sued for improperly treating patients.”

• WJCL 22 Savannah: “Herschel Walker is under fire…the Republican candidate says he created a program to help members of the military who struggle with mental health, it’s called Patriot Support, but according to the AP, court filings and company documents show Walker did not found the program, it’s also not a charity…The program is an arm of a for-profit hospital chain and court documents reveal the company reached a $122 million settlement after the Justice Department sued for improperly treating patients.”

• WTVC 9 Chattanooga: “Herschel Walker has boasted about his charity work, helping members of the military who struggle with mental health…court filings show Walker did not found it. It’s also not a charity, it’s an arm for a for-profit hospital chain. Documents show they reached a $122 million settlement after the Justice Department sued for improperly treating patients.”

• More coverage on Walker’s veteran controversy in Georgia and all across the country:

• MSNBC: Questions about ‘charity’ become Herschel Walker’s newest problem

• Daily Kos: Herschel Walker, the face of a program that duped vets, says he wants a total ban on abortion

• Stars and Stripes: Herschel Walker’s ties to veterans program face scrutiny

• Fox 5 Atlanta: Herschel Walker’s ties to veterans program face scrutiny
• Huffington Post: Herschel Walker’s ties to veterans program face scrutiny
• WJCL 22 Savannah: Herschel Walker’s ties to veterans program face scrutiny
• Atlanta Voice: Herschel Walker’s ties to veterans program face scrutiny
• The Grio: Herschel Walker’s ties to veterans program face scrutiny

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