Copeland Vows to Resist Any Subpoena From Senate Finance Committee

This piece of information on the Grassley investigation is somewhat dated, but I want to note it for the record:

In rousing style, the televangelist Kenneth Copeland has pledged to fight efforts by Sen. Charles E. Grassley, an Iowa Republican, to make his Christian ministry’s finances public, reports Roll Call, a Washington political newspaper.

During a closed-circuit broadcast last week to about 1,000 ministers and other guests, Roll Call reports that Mr. Copeland said he would vigorously resist the request.

“You render unto the government what belongs to the government. And you render unto God what belongs to God,” he said, according to the newspaper. “You can go get a subpoena, and I won’t give it to you,” Mr. Copeland continues. “It’s not yours, it’s God’s and you’re not going to get it and that’s something I’ll go to prison over. So, just get over it.”