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In March 2020, the office of the [[Attorney General of New York]] ordered Bakker to cease making false medicinal claims about his supplements' alleged ability to cure the [[Coronavirus disease 2019|2019–2020 strains of coronavirus]], and the [[Federal Trade Commission]] and the [[Food and Drug Administration]] also sent a warning letter to Bakker about his claims regarding the supplements and coronavirus.<ref>{{cite news |title=NY AG Letitia James orders televangelist Jim Bakker to quit advertising coronavirus cure |date=March 6, 2020 |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |url=https://nypost.com/2020/03/06/ny-ag-letitia-james-orders-televangelist-jim-bakker-to-quit-advertising-coronavirus-cures/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306142558/https://nypost.com/2020/03/06/ny-ag-letitia-james-orders-televangelist-jim-bakker-to-quit-advertising-coronavirus-cures/ |archive-date=March 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=FDA, FTC sends warning letter to ''Jim Bakker Show'' |date=March 9, 2020 |newspaper=Ozarks Independent |url=http://ozarksindependent.com/2020/03/09/fda-ftc-sends-warning-letter-to-jim-bakker-show/ |access-date=March 9, 2020 |archive-date=April 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406135333/http://ozarksindependent.com/2020/03/09/fda-ftc-sends-warning-letter-to-jim-bakker-show/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Missouri]] attorney general [[Eric Schmitt]] and [[Arkansas]] attorney general [[Leslie Rutledge]] filed lawsuits against Bakker for allegedly pushing the supplements as a treatment for the virus.<ref>{{cite news |title=Federal government, Missouri AG tell area pastor to stop claiming coronavirus cure |website=Branson tri-lakes News |url=http://bransontrilakesnews.com/news_free/article_d2e39562-62fd-11ea-a417-1b9ee625bd44.html |access-date=March 11, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311153024/http://www.bransontrilakesnews.com/news_free/article_d2e39562-62fd-11ea-a417-1b9ee625bd44.html |archive-date=March 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jim Bakker sued by second state for selling fake coronavirus cure |website=[[CBS News]] |date=June 17, 2020 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jim-bakker-sued-by-second-state-for-selling-fake-coronavirus-cure/ |access-date=July 16, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-date=July 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717181336/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jim-bakker-sued-by-second-state-for-selling-fake-coronavirus-cure/}}</ref> In the State lawsuit against him, Bakker is represented by former Missouri governor [[Jay Nixon]], who has argued for the suit to be dismissed. Nixon says that the allegations made in the lawsuit are false, stating: "Bakker is being unfairly targeted by those who want to crush his ministry and force his Christian television program off the air."<ref>{{cite news |title=Jim Bakker seeks dismissal of suit claiming he touted false virus cure |last=Salter |first=John |date=May 5, 2020 |newspaper=[[Star Tribune]] |url=https://www.startribune.com/jim-bakker-seeks-suit-dismissal-ex-governor-is-his-lawyer/570207402/ |access-date=May 6, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507124231/https://www.startribune.com/jim-bakker-seeks-suit-dismissal-ex-governor-is-his-lawyer/570207402/ |archive-date=May 7, 2020}}</ref> In April 2020, prohibited from receiving credit card transactions, Bakker disclosed to his viewers that his ministry was on the brink of filing for bankruptcy and urgently petitioned them for donations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Televangelist asks viewers to send checks after credit card companies cut him off for selling fake coronavirus cure |last=Slisco |first=Aila |date=April 22, 2020 |magazine=[[Newsweek]] |language=en |url=https://www.newsweek.com/televangelist-asks-viewers-send-checks-after-credit-card-companies-cut-him-off-selling-fake-1499636 |access-date=April 23, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-date=April 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426214105/https://www.newsweek.com/televangelist-asks-viewers-send-checks-after-credit-card-companies-cut-him-off-selling-fake-1499636}}</ref> The following month, GEB America and World Harvest Television dropped Bakker's program from their networks after [[DirecTV]] owner [[AT&T]] asked channels to reconsider airing the show. AT&T made the request of its channels in response to a [[deplatforming]] campaign from the liberal Christian group Faithful America.<ref>{{cite news |last=Holman |first=Gregory J. |date=May 6, 2020 |title=Liberal Christian group says TV network tied to Oral Roberts University drops Bakker show |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/missouri/2020/05/06/jim-bakker-show-oral-roberts-university-geb-network-faithful-america/5175969002/ |access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref><ref name="stroke">{{cite web |last=Marusak |first=Joe |date=May 8, 2020 |title=TV pastor Jim Bakker suffers stroke, wife and son confirm. 'Jim will be back!' |newspaper=[[The Charlotte Observer]] |url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article242596441.html |access-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510232623/https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article242596441.html|url-status=live |archive-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref> On May 8, 2020, Lori Bakker announced that Jim Bakker had suffered a stroke that his son Jay described as “minor”. Lori stated that he would be taking a sabbatical from the program until he recovers. She blamed the stroke on Bakker's hard work on his show and wrote that he had described the criticism against him as “the most vicious attack that he has ever experienced”.<ref name="stroke"/> Bakker returned to his program for the first time following his stroke on July 8, 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last=Marusak |first=Joe |date=July 8, 2020 |title=TV pastor Jim Bakker returns to his show for the first time since suffering a stroke |newspaper=[[The Charlotte Observer]] |url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/tv/article244094697.html |access-date=July 16, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-date=July 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710173315/https://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/tv/article244094697.html}}</ref> On June 23, 2021, Missouri Attorney General [[Eric Schmitt]] announced the settlement of the state's lawsuit against Bakker. Bakker and Morningside Church would be prohibited from saying silver solution could "diagnose, prevent, mitigate, treat, or cure any disease or illness". Restitution of about $157,000 would also be paid to those who bought silver solution between February 12, 2020, and March 10, 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wert |first=Jason |date=June 23, 2021 |title=Attorney General settles suit with Jim Bakker |website=[[KWTO (AM)]] |url=https://933kwto.com/attorney-general-schmitt-settles-suit-with-jim-bakker/ |access-date=June 23, 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623161425/https://933kwto.com/attorney-general-schmitt-settles-suit-with-jim-bakker/ |archive-date=June 23, 2021}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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