8. Jesse Jackson Earnings Go Up To $10 Million

In 1968 Jackson was ordained a Baptist minister while still dedicating himself to politics, running for president both in 1984 and 1988. From 1992 until 2000 he hosted his own show on CNN called Both Sides of Jesse Jackson. For over 30 years Jackson supported by mainstream media has declared himself the most prominent leader of black Americans. In Kenneth Timmerman’s book Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson the author questions Jackson’s recently exposed financial transactions and credentials and his scandalous extramarital affair, through interviews and documents just released by the government Timmerman portrays Jackson as a compulsive liar and master manipulator of the public.

9. John Hagee Earnings Go Up To $5 Million

Rev. John Hagee is a controversial character highly criticized for his support for Israel and his comments about homosexuality, Islam, and Catholicism. He’s the founder and senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, and the CEO of Global Evangelism Television (GETV) non-profit corporation he owns. Hagee is also the President and CEO of John Hagee Ministries, which on ten television networks in the US telecasts his national radio and television ministry. John Hagee believes in pentecostal ideals such as the “absolute authority of the scripture”, “baptism of the Holy Spirit”, baptism by immersion, and evangelism. He’s been criticized as an extremist on Israeli policy by Reform Rabbi Eric Yoffie. Journalist Bill Moyers stated “Someone who didn’t know better could imagine from the very name Christians United For Israel (CUFI) that pastor John Hagee speaks for all Christians. Well, he doesn’t … What these fellows have forged is a close connection between the White House and the religious right.” During the past US election, Hagee declared his public support to Donald Trump in the presidential contest against Hillary Clinton.