A top leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said the political donations his family made to Democratic political candidates, including President Biden
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“I regret such negligence on my part,” Dieter Uchtdorf, 80, said in a statement on Friday. ABC News. “I fully support the church’s policy on political donations from church leaders.”
ABC News, citing information from the Federal Electoral Commission, reports that Uchtdorf’s family account contributed $ 1,250 to the 2020 Biden campaign. Another $ 600 was donated to the January 5 elimination campaigns of the Democratic Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff
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Uchtdorf is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a governing group that helps establish church policies and oversees its business interests.
The church implemented its rule of political neutrality in 2011, when GOP Sen. Mitt Romney
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The network added that donations not only violate church policies, but also come as a surprise, because Latter-day Saints tend to learn more conservatively on the political spectrum.
Former President Trump
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– Updated at 14:02