Louis Gohmert, the Texas congressman on the GOP’s far right, said he wanted to pay Steve Amerson, who sings gospel.
Instead, federal documents show, the money went to Steve Anderson, who spews antisemitism, according to the Daily Beast.
A staffer reportedly botched an internet search in making the filing to the Federal Election Commission, Gohmert’s chief of staff told The Daily Beast this week. Connie Hair said the $5,500 that Gohmert’s campaign paid indeed went to Amerson, a California-based Christian singer, for performing at a fundraiser in December.
But a staffer entered the amount on the FEC forms as going to Steve Anderson, the pastor who helms the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona. Hair said the staffer is amending the form.
The staffer's mistake set off the report in the Daily Beast even though the money was sent to Amerson and deposited by him, Gohmert's staff said. No funds were ever transferred to Anderson. "Mr. Gohmert is and always has been a staunch supporter of Israel, which is one of the reasons he is targeted by Leftist media such as the Daily Beast," his office said in an email to the Jerusalem Post.