Ziklag Exposed: Secretive Christian Nationalist Network Tries to Purge Voters in Battleground States

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made headlines this week after suggesting the 2024 election could be the last U.S. election if he wins in November .

We look at a secret organization of wealthy Christians called Ziklag that is backing Trump ’s efforts by working to purge more than a million voters from the rolls in battleground states and mobilize Republican voters to back Trump .

ProPublica and Documented obtained thousands of internal files and found the group has divided its 2024 activities into three different operations: Steeplechase, Watchtower, and Checkmate .

One of Ziklag 's spiritual advisers, Lance Wallnau , a Christian evangelist and influencer, laid out a plan to deliver swing states by using an anti-transgender message to motivate conservative voters.

Andy Kroll , Andy , talk about the three programs, Checkmate , Steeplechase and Watchtower.

Kroll : You see an almost sort of wraparound, 360 -degree approach to influencing the 2024 election.

Andy KROLL : A little bit of money goes a long way when you are trying to get people knocked off the eligibility list for voters.

He says Ziklag is putting, say, $ 800,000 or $1 million into something called EagleAI, an artificial intelligence software that makes it easier to challenge the eligibility of voters en masse. So, it could have an effect. And we’re talking about margins again in Georgia , Arizona , Michigan , Wisconsin , margins that are a few thousand .