Tim Ballard, founder and former CEO of Operation Underground Railroad, an anti-child sex trafficking organization, is reportedly considering a 2024 U.S. Senate run.
Ballard, whose career was the inspiration for recent box-office hit "Sound of Freedom," has also been the source of controversy and the subject of an investigation that did not result in any charges. Vice reported on Friday that Tim Ballard had allegedly claimed his work and other projects were endorsed by President M. Russell Ballard, acting president of The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
"President Ballard and Tim Ballard established a friendship a number of years ago. That friendship was built on a shared interest in looking after God's children wherever they are and without regard to their circumstance. However, that relationship is in the past. For many months, President Ballard has had no contact with the founder of Operation Underground Railroad .
President Ballard loves children, all over the world. It has been his mission and life's work to look after them, care for them, and point them to their Savior." When the Deseret News reached out for comment, Tim Ballard said he had just seen the Vice News story and would reach out through a representative.in May that the Davis County Attorney's Office had closed its investigation of OUR and would not pursue any potential charges related to the organization.
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