Steve Lee (chaplain)

Steve Lee
Alma materWest Valley College
Azusa Pacific University
Concordia Theological Seminary
Occupation(s)Chaplain, police officer
Children4

Stephen Cliffgard Lee is an American chaplain and former law enforcement officer allegedly involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election results in Georgia.

Career

Lee worked as a police officer in California in the 1980s before becoming a chaplain and leading a crisis response team for law enforcement.[1] From 1980 to 1987, he was a sergeant in the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office. He also worked as a special agent for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. In 1996, he founded Peace Officer Ministries Inc., and was its executive director until 2010. From 2016 to 2018, Lee led a Lutheran church's Quick Response Team providing chaplain services to law enforcement.[1]

Lee graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1992, and is an ordained pastor of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS). As of 2023, he was retired (referred to within LCMS as being on "emeritus status").[2]

In 2020, Lee was vacancy pastor for the Living Word Lutheran Church in Orland Park, Illinois.[3]

2020 presidential election indictment

After the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Lee visited the home of Georgia election worker Ruby Freeman. Freeman had been falsely accused of election fraud by allies of former President Donald Trump.[4] Lee claimed he could help Freeman, but she declined his offer. Lee then contacted Trump campaign worker Harrison Floyd to arrange another meeting with Freeman, which resulted in Freeman being pressured to confess to false assertions of election fraud by Trevian Kutti.[1][5]

In 2022, Lee became the second witness to avoid testifying before a Fulton County special grand jury investigating election interference. An Illinois judge denied the summons for Lee to appear before the grand jury, saying prosecutors had not provided enough evidence that Lee was a necessary witness. Prosecutors were given 30 days to file an amended court summons with additional information.[6]

On August 14, 2023, Lee was indicted in Fulton County, Georgia, on charges of violating the Georgia state RICO act, two counts of criminal attempt to commit influencing of a witness, conspiracy to commit solicitation of false statements and writings, and influencing witnesses related to this incident.[7][8]

On November 13, 2023, Lee said he would not take a plea deal. "I am not going to plead out to a lie, I'm not going to cooperate with evil. This is bigger than me."[9]

Personal life

Lee has been married to his wife Elaine since 1978.[3] They have four children and six grandchildren.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c So, Linda; Szep, Jason; Eisler, Peter (September 9, 2022). "Exclusive: Georgia probe into Trump examines chaplain's role in election meddling". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  2. ^ Jack Jenkins, Pastor indicted alongside Trump returns to pulpit, Religion News Service (August 29, 2023).
  3. ^ a b c "Pastor Steve Lee and Wife Elaine, Living Word Lutheran Church". Archived from the original on 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2020-09-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Feuer, Alan (July 26, 2023). "Giuliani Concedes He Made False Statements About Georgia Election Workers". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  5. ^ Dodds, Io (September 10, 2022). "Georgia Trump probe investigates police chaplain who allegedly visited election worker at her house". The Independent. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  6. ^ Hallerman, Tamar (November 11, 2022). "Illinois pastor prevails in subpoena fight with Fulton DA's office". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  7. ^ Bailey, Holly; Gardner, Amy; Marley, Patrick; Swaine, Jon (August 15, 2023). "Here's who else was charged in Georgia (other than Trump)". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  8. ^ "Rev. Stephen Lee from Orland Park church surrenders in Georgia". Chicago Tribune. 25 August 2023.
  9. ^ “Donald Trump Gets Good News as Dominoes in Georgia Case Fall”, Newsweek, November 13, 2023

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