Jim Bakker, Driven by Money or Miracles?; As Trial for Fraud Begins, Former Aide Testifies to Preacher Comforts From: The Washington Post | Date: August 29, 1989| Author: Art Harris | Copyright 1989 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Inside a federal courthouse ringed by the steadfast and the disillusioned, prosecutors today portrayed Jim Bakker as a high-living huckster who fleeced millions from his devoted flock to support a lavish lifestyle that included two Rolls-Royces, $100,000 vacations, minks and diamonds for wife Tammy Faye and $265,000 in hush money to former church secretary Jessica Hahn.

"This case is about cheating people out of their money, tricking people out of their money," declared Assistant U...

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