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Published 10:55 19 Jun 2026 GMT
A Trump-endorsed pastor has admitted he cheated on his wife with a former beauty queen who worked on his campaign.
Jackson Lahmeyer, a married father of five and founder of Pastors for Trump, made the confession during an interview on Thursday, which was just one day after he withdrew from Oklahoma's Republican congressional primary following a crushing election result and scrutiny over his relationship with former Miss Oklahoma USA, Caitlin Simmons Key.
"After prayerful consideration with my wife, Kendra, and my team over the last twenty four hours, I’ve made the difficult decision to suspend my campaign for Congress," he wrote in a statement.
"I do not want to be a distraction to my family, my church, and the great people of Oklahoma’s 1st congressional district, who deserve a strong conservative voice representing them in Washington," he added.
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The scandal erupted after intimate text messages between Lahmeyer, 34, and Key, 40, surfaced during the campaign.
One message allegedly showed the pastor telling her: "I enjoyed those lips."
Ahead of Tuesday's primary, Lahmeyer denied any physical relationship, but after Key publicly described multiple kisses between them, he changed his tune.
Asked whether Key was lying, Lahmeyer replied: "No, she is not lying."
When asked if they had ever had sex, he said: "We kissed and in 2022 I had an affair on my wife and I've owned that. But Caitlin Key and I did not have sex during this election. There's plenty of text messages to prove that."
Pressed on whether he was admitting the relationship became sexual in 2022, he responded: "In 2022, I cheated on my wife."
Lahmeyer and Key first crossed paths in 2021 while moving in the same conservative political circles in Oklahoma.
At the time, Lahmeyer had gained attention as the pastor who refused to shut down his church during the Covid pandemic, while Key was active in Republican fundraising and political events.
The two reconnected the following year while Key was going through a painful divorce. Lahmeyer reached out to offer support, and their friendship developed further.
According to Key, the affair occurred in late 2022. After meeting for drinks, the pair eventually returned to one of Lahmeyer's residences.
"It was just that one night," Key said, adding that they did not see each other again for another year.
She claimed she had only fragmented memories of the encounter and said she was so intoxicated that she blew out a tire on her new white Range Rover while trying to drive home.
While Key insisted there was no ongoing physical affair after 2022, she said the relationship became physical again during Lahmeyer's congressional campaign, though only through kissing.
"I literally never touched him again besides kissing," she said.
The pair also exchanged messages that ultimately started the scandal and thrust Lahmeyer's campaign into crisis.
Key reflected on the situation, stating that she now views the circumstances differently. "Women who are in difficult relationships, they're very easily preyed upon by others," she said.
She added that she never planned for details of the 2022 encounter to become public.
Lahmeyer described his withdrawal from the race as personal accountability, rather than a political calculation.
"As much as I want to be in Congress, I am going to choose to make things right with my wife and my kids," he said.
The former candidate described the downfall of his campaign as "a blessing in disguise," adding: "I was heading down a very, very bad path and this may have spared my life and my family."
He admitted that throughout the relationship, he understood his actions were wrong.
"I knew the entire time," he said. "You have the feelings of guilt and shame and all that kind of stuff."
He said the decision to suspend his campaign became clear after Tuesday's disappointing election results.
"She took an exit to get on the highway. I went a different path to go back home. And what came to my mind was just, 'I'm going to choose my wife over a dream.'"
The pastor publicly apologized to his supporters, donors, and constituents.
"I'm just beyond grateful for them, but then at the same time, so sorry for letting them down and I own it completely," he said. "I'm not trying to cast blame on anybody. I own it. I apologize."
He also stressed that his wife, Kendra, had stood by him despite the turmoil.
"It was really my decision," he said of withdrawing from the race. "My wife's a lot tougher than I am. She wanted us to stay in and just continue and finish the race."
"She didn't do anything wrong, and she's taken a lot of pain," he continued. "I really don't care about the election. I know I should. I'm the candidate on the ballot, but I just need to make things right."
Lahmeyer reserved a specific apology for President Donald Trump, who had endorsed him earlier this year as a "MAGA Warrior" who "WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN," before later backing state Representative Mark Tedford following the election results.
"It's the honor of a lifetime to have the endorsement of arguably the greatest president of my lifetime," Lahmeyer said. "I do apologize for absolutely making a terrible, terrible decision. It's nobody's fault. It's Jackson Lahmeyer made a bad decision."
Lahmeyer announced that he will be taking an indefinite break from preaching at Sheridan Church. He also revealed that his political career is over.
"I've confessed everything to my wife. I've confessed everything to my church," he said, describing himself as a man who had "been holding on to stuff" he "needed to set myself free of."
"I've had my fair share," he said of politics. "I had a lot of fun. I met a lot of great people."
For Key, the fallout was never about destroying Lahmeyer's life.
"My whole intention was for people to know that he shouldn't be leading a church," she said. "I wasn't trying to destroy the man's life. His own actions have done that."
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Published 16:11 21 Nov 2025 GMT
Self-proclaimed “prophetess” Kat Kerr has claimed that God personally declared His support for Donald Trump.
Speaking in a recent interview with The Elijah List's Kelsey O’Malley, the pink-haired author and evangelist said God was speaking through her when He made the declaration.
“No one will be able to impeach Trump,” Kerr said, quoting what she claimed were God’s words. “I have appointed him, anointed him. He is my president for America and will be so until I am finished with his assignment!”
Kerr continued: “Anyone who tries to take his life will lose their life. For he has our protection. He has said yes to everything he has asked for.”
Kat Kerr has claimed that God declared his support for Trump. Credit: Facebook
Kerr added that Trump’s leadership was part of a divine plan.
“From the time he was sent from Heaven, that was his assignment,” she said. “And you may not like him. Not only do we love him, for the honour he has given to the country that we love, but he makes us laugh.”
Her comments quickly sparked outrage online, with social media users mocking her claims. “It needs to be illegal for boomers to use the internet,” one person wrote, while another called her statement “a joke”.
Others were left baffled, with one user commenting: “I don’t know what these people believe, but this is not Christianity at all.”
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This is far from the first time Kerr has claimed to speak on God’s behalf regarding Trump.
The Florida-based preacher - who also leads a group called One Quest International, devoted to “revealing Heaven to Earth” - has long maintained that God personally chose Trump to lead the United States.
Following the 2020 election, she insisted that God had laughed at the idea of Joe Biden becoming president.
“When I woke up yesterday, He was laughing,” Kerr said at the time, per a report. “I mean, I heard Him laughing loudly.”
She claimed that God told her: “I’m laughing because of what they have said the electoral vote came to. None of that matters… It’s not changing my plan. He will never be president. I won’t allow darkness to sit in this country or control this country.”
Kerr even warned that those who opposed Trump “will not have a great future, maybe not a future at all.”
Kerr’s latest remarks come as Trump has reignited political tensions, following his furious response to a video from six Democratic lawmakers that urged US service members to refuse illegal orders.
The lawmakers - Senators Elissa Slotkin and Mark Kelly, and Representatives Maggie Goodlander, Chris Deluzio, Chrissy Houlahan, and Jason Crow - said in the video that “threats to the constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right here at home.”
Trump fired back on Truth Social, calling their message “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.”
He wrote, “Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. Their words cannot be allowed to stand - We won’t have a Country anymore!!!”
He later doubled down, adding in all caps: “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP???”
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The lawmakers defended their video, saying it was a reminder of constitutional duty, not an act of rebellion. “No call for violence will deter us from that sacred obligation,” they said.
Meanwhile, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended Trump, arguing that the lawmakers’ comments were “perhaps punishable by law” because they urged troops to “defy the chain of command”.
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Published 12:17 23 Feb 2018 GMT
There's a dating site for everyone these days - and I mean everyone. Do sexy feet excite you? Time to hit up a foot fetish site. Feel like you're not up to scratch in the looks department? Ugly Schmucks is the one for you. Already dating someone else, but looking to have a bit of fun on the side? Fifty-three million other people have signed up to Ashley Madison, so why not join them?
That being said, it was only a matter of time until a dating site for Trump supporters was created. Trump.dating, a site that claims to give users the chance to meet "without the awkwardness that comes with the first conversation about politics", is apparently the place to find "The America First Partner Of Dreams." Creators of the site assert that "by matching patriotic and political viewpoints as a base foundation of the relationship, it will allow one to focus on what really matters - conversation, commonalities, and if all goes well, courting."
However, as beautiful as bringing together like-minded individuals and giving them the chance to make America great again sounds, there is an endless list of reasons why the site hasn't exactly lived up to the image it advertises. This week Trump.dating caused shock and outrage when it was revealed that its owners were using a convicted child sex offender as the face of their site.
When Trump supporters clicked on the front page of the dating site, they were met with the beaming face of Barrett Riddleberger, a 50-year-old man who was convicted of filming himself having sex with a 15-year-old girl just over two decades ago. Sporting a red Trump backwards baseball cap and beaming next to his wife, Jodi, poster boy Riddleberger is reportedly a convicted child abuser with felony conviction for "taking indecent liberties with a minor" after making the sex tape in 1995, when he was 25.
When contacted by news outlet WRAL on Monday, the 50-year-old entrepreneur refused to talk about the issue, insisting he would rather discuss "the present, not the past." However, when probed about his child abuse conviction, he apparently expressed a desire to move on from his past wrongdoings, claiming: "I’ve already paid my debt for something I did 25 years ago."
It is unconfirmed whether the owners of the dating site - who have since taken down the image and replaced it with a picture of another couple - were aware of Riddleberger's past. However, it is obvious why the site chose to use them as the poster twosome for the front page of their site. The couple, who hail from Greensboro, North Carolina, have been married for 22 years. At first glance, they appear to be a model example of the kind of relationship that Trump.Dating say they could help users find.
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The pair are known to be active in local politics, with Jodi being a co-founder of a group called C4GC (Conservatives for Guilford County), a self-described "non-partisan alliance of local individuals working to educate and encourage participation and interaction of everyday citizens with local, state, and federal government."
Despite his insistence on moving on, Riddleberger’s Twitter feed has opened him to more criticism from news outlets. The businessman was revealed to have posted an inspirational quote from evangelical Christian Ravi Zacharias, saying: ‘The ultimate test of any civilisation is how we treat the most vulnerable – what we do with our children."
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It's not the first time this week that Trump.dating (which has never been officially endorsed by President Trump) has inspired controversy; the site was blasted by people around the world when it was revealed that it did not welcome homosexual users to join. When signing up, new users are asked if they are a "straight man" or a "straight woman" and there are no other options for gay or bisexual people who may like to join.
However, the anti-gay site was not yet done causing outrage. Soon after its owner's heterosexual preferences were out in the open, it was publicised that the dating site openly encouraged infidelity. Shockingly, when setting up a profile, new users can identify themselves are "happily married" or "unhappily" married and begin looking for fresh romance with strangers online.
Trump.dating is reportedly owned and set up by Friends Worldwide Incorporated - a company based in Miami Beach, Florida, which started up in November 2011 to provide dating services. Its website tells users that “since 2001, our portfolio of top rated sites has represented over 75 diverse dating communities based upon the personal interests and unique lifestyle choices of our members." Its other specialty dating websites include military match-finder SingleSoldiers.org, a place for "single soldiers and their admirers" and Culinary Friends, a website which helps foodies find love.
I think most of us will agree that the Trump.dating site is unacceptable. While there is a strong chance that the owners were unaware of Barrett Riddleberger's background, they still need to be held accountable for their actions. Furthermore, pushing an anti-gay agenda and openly encouraging users to cheat on their partners is sickening behaviour and I hope that many users will now be turning to other dating sites to find love.
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Published 12:48 19 Feb 2018 GMT
"Halfway through the lunch he [Trump] says: 'Excuse me, I’ve got a very important conference call to make,' and he disappears," de Savary said. "Then, a minute later, Lana, my wife, says: 'I need to go to the loo.' She comes back very rapidly, ashen-faced."
This prompted de Savary to ask what was the matter, to which his wife responded: "I took the second on the left as you said, and the girl who was serving us lunch had her skirt up and Trump was having sex with her in the corridor." When he returned, de Savary acted as if he had no idea what had happened. Instead, he carried on discussing his business proposition with Trump, and "naively" told him his entire idea for what to do with Mar-a-Lago. Trump said he liked it, and the pair would work 50-50 on the project. Months later, however, de Savary called Trump to follow up on their agreement - but the president had backtracked on what he'd said. “Peter, I loved everything you said, absolutely fantastic — I’m doing it all myself,” Trump apparently said. De Savary felt betrayed by this, and continues to resent Trump to this day. "That’s the man you have as a president," he said. "Takes 'conference calls' and doesn’t respect a handshake." Trump and Ivana eventually divorced in 1992 after he had an affair with actress Marla Maples. The president then went on to marry Maples, but that marriage also ended in divorce just six years later. So far, the White House has denied all assault allegations against Trump, and has stated that the claims of affairs from Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal are "fake news". They have yet to address the claims made by de Savary.uncategorised3 min(s) read
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Published 16:29 16 Mar 2018 GMT
Long before he became president, Donald Trump had something of a reputation for being a philanderer. Aside from the obvious "grab 'em by the p***y" comments and multiple accusations of assault he's had leveled against him, the former businessman was also well-known for reportedly cheating on his first wife, Ivana. Plus, if recent comments from Stormy Daniels are to be believed, it seems that he may have pulled the same stunt while he was with Melania.
But it seems that the apple might not have fallen too far from the tree, as, in the wake of his divorce from wife Vanessa, Donald Trump Jr.'s womanizing ways have come to light.
Melissa Stretten, a retired model, took to Twitter yesterday afternoon - mere hours after Trump Jr.'s divorce was announced - in order to share a direct message she'd received from the president's son back in 2011. "Surprised his marriage didn’t work out since he was sending me DMs a month after his wife gave birth," she said.
She then proceeded to share a screenshot of the message, in which the president's son flirtatiously hinted that he wanted to see a little more of Stretten. Unlucky for him, she wasn't having any of it.
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After that, she went on to share two more tweets that Trump Jr. still has on his timeline from the exchange seven years ago. For context: this is what he was referring to when he mentioned bacon:
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Oh, and if that wasn't weird enough, he also went on to tweet this:
Following Stretten's lead, other people starting digging up slightly questionable tweets from Trump Jr.'s past - and some of them are seriously odd.
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There had been some speculation that Trump Jr. and his wife were planning on going their separate ways for a while, but the couple officially announced it to Page Six yesterday:
“After 12 years of marriage, we have decided to go our separate ways. We will always have tremendous respect for each other and our families. We have five beautiful children together and they remain our top priority. We ask for your privacy during this time.”
Meanwhile, the rest of Twitter were too busy laughing about the circumstances under which the pair originally met:
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So, much like his father's multiple relationships, it seems that the fate of Trump Jr.'s marriage was pretty much written on the wall from the start.
Sources had hinted that the couple had been having issues since Trump Sr. took office, as Trump Jr. was suddenly away from home a lot due to him having taken over the family business with his brother, Eric. However, others mentioned that Vanessa was becoming concerned with how "unhinged" Trump Jr. was in his tweets. Again, the similarities between the businessman and his father really shine through here.
Neither Trump Jr. or Vanessa have responded to the tweets, nor have they commented on the story of their original meeting. So far, though, Twitter doesn't seem to bothered by it; they're still too busy laughing at the couple's wedding picture...
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