Paula White

== Finance Committee investigation ==
Along with other televangelists, her ministry Without Walls International Church was the subject of an [[United States Senate inquiry into the tax-exempt status of religious organizations|inconclusive 2007–2011 Senate Finance Committee investigation]]. The committee had investigated financial improprieties that could have affected the religious organization’s tax-exempt status.<ref>{{cite news |title= Televangelists escape penalty in Senate inquiry |url= http://www.nbcnews.com/id/40960871/ns/politics-capitol_hill/t/televangelists-escape-penalty-senate-inquiry/ |first= Rachel |last= Zoll |date= January 7, 2011 |website=NBC News |access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Paula White, Trump's Spiritual Adviser, Says He Has 'a Hunger for God' |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/trumps-pastor-paula-white.html |first= Noah |last=Weiland |date=January 19, 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/06/AR2007110602079.html |title=GOP Senator Investigates Spending at Several TV Ministries |last=Salmon |first= Jacqueline L. |date=November 7, 2007 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/us/politics/08churches.html|title=Tax-Exempt Ministries Avoid New Regulation |last=Goodstein|first=Laurie|date= 2011-01-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-11-06|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> According to the report, Without Walls received $150 million as donations from 2004 to 2006 and the church spent tax-exempt ministry funds one year to pay nearly $900,000 for the couple's waterfront mansion, paid salaries to the family members and also paid for their private jet. No additional action was taken on the issued report.<ref name="CNN-critics"/><ref name=MJ/>