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Incitement: Universities, Colleges Rescind Honorary Degrees Award to Trump

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu Washington (Precise Post) – The last has not been heard about the incitement of the insurrection on the United States Capitol, as several colleges have rescinded the honorary degrees they awarded to President Donald Trump. Some schools including the Middlebury College also took away degrees awarded to Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, while other schools are facing pressure to do the same, a sign of how institutions and businesses are responding to the January 6 Washington riot that led to the president’s impeachment. According to Forbes, the board of trustees at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania already voted to rescind the honorary degree it awarded to Trump in 1988. Hours later, the board of trustees for Wagner University in New York followed suit, voting to strip Trump of the honorary degree it awarded the president in 2004. University of Pennsylvania alumni are pressuring the school to strip Trump of his bachelor’s degree, which the president earned in 1968, by threatening to withhold donations, though it is much more difficult for a college to revoke an earned degree. Other …

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Sex Scandal:Jerry Falwell Jnr. Resigns as President of Liberty University

September 12, 2020September 12, 2020 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

Abuja (Precise Post) – Embattled evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr. resigned Monday as president of Liberty University, the Christian school founded by his late father, a spokesman for the school told CNN. The Christian school in Lynchburg, Virginia, will issue a statement soon, Liberty University spokesman Scott Lamb said. The resignation of Falwell, one of President Trump’s most prominent evangelical backers, comes after the latest in a series of recent public controversies about his behavior. A Miami man is saying he had an eight-year affair with Falwell Jr.’s wife after he met the couple at a Miami hotel. In a statement to CNN, Falwell Jr., acknowledged the affair. Falwell Jr., 58, who was on leave from the school, issued a lengthy statement Sunday saying he and his family were blackmailed by the man, who had an “inappropriate personal relationship” with his wife Becki. Falwell Jr. did not identify the man. But Giancarlo Granda told CNN he is the person who is referenced throughout Falwell’s statement. In an exclusive interview with Reuters, Granda said he was 20 years old in 2012 …