As Operation Underground Railroad faced mounting scrutiny, Tim Ballard increasingly aligned himself with conspiracy theorists, election deniers, and far-right media personalities. This report examines Ballard’s public embrace of PragerU, the QAnon-adjacent narratives surrounding him, and the growing concerns that O.U.R. was abandoning accountability in favor of ideology.
Ever since Lynn Packer revealed the criminal investigation into Tim Ballard and Operation Underground Railroad in August 2020, Ballard had not only grown increasingly paranoid, but according to numerous sources, “unhinged”. Ballard’s good friend and partner, Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes silently cut ties both personally and professionally as his own office began to investigate the extent of their own ties to the beleaguered non-profit. O.U.R. was hemorrhaging their partnerships and questionable affiliations law enforcement agencies and ICAC units across the nation.
The anti-human trafficking non-profit was in flames and the ship was sinking. Tevya Ware, Tim Ballard’s sister-in-law and Operation Underground Railroad’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) along with President of Operations Jon Lines left forming their own anti-human trafficking organization.
Several weeks into researching another homicide case and finishing a response video to an interview Dave Rubin had with Larry Elder in 2016, Tim Ballard came out and endorsed Dennis Prager and PragerU. Over the past year, Ballard has been speaking and attending events with former Gen. Michael Flynn, L. Lin Wood, Mike Lindel, Jim Caviezel and Michelle Malkin.
This video is the introduction into The Radicalization of Tim Ballard: The PragerU Endorsement.
- Adrenochrome is a component of several conspiracy theories such as QAnon and the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, with the chemical helping the theories play a similar role to earlier blood libel and satanic ritual abuse stories.
Resources & Further Reading
Organizations Under Scrutiny – American Crime Journal |
O.U.R.’s Origin Myth – American Crime Journal |
Rambo Reyes & O.U.R.: The Colombian Rescue Mission – American Crime Journal |
Tim Ballard’s Mission – American Crime Journal |
Operation Underground Railroad and Religious Extremism – American Crime Journal |
Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes and Operation Underground Railroad – American Crime Journal |
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