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A MAGA Christian speaker suggested God has wanted a White House ballroom for 200 years in a speech that has been dubbed “beyond parody”.

For reasons that remain rather obscure, US president Donald Trump has been pushing hard for a ballroom to be built on the grounds of the historic White House.

This weekend, at the Trump-backed “Rededicate 250” religious event, one speaker, Eric Metaxas, a Christian author, appeared to suggest God has been waiting for Trump to be in power in order to build the ballroom he always wanted.

Aurora police are working with the FBI to investigate Michael Herbert, 55, since incidents allegedly spanned jurisdictions.

Aurora police have identified additional men who were allegedly abused in their youth by the former Aurora Christian Schools board member, officials said in an update.

Aurora police began investigating Michael Robert Herbert, 55, in December, when a man in his 20s reported he had been a victim of child sexual abuse beginning when he was an early teenager, Patch reported. Herbert used a trusted relationship with the victim and provided gifts, money and other incentives to manipulate and abuse him, officials said.
Officials did not say how many new victims they have identified since Herbert's arrest on May 15.

"At this time, investigators are not releasing a specific number of identified victims due to the sensitive nature of the investigation and out of concern for victim privacy," spokesperson Jim Levicki told Patch. "However, detectives have identified multiple individuals and continue to receive additional information as the investigation progresses."
Herbert, of 200 block of South Westlawn Avenue in Aurora, faces 10 felony charges, including criminal sexual assault, child sexual abuse material and involuntary sexual servitude of a minor.

Aurora police are working with the FBI to investigate Herbert since incidents allegedly spanned jurisdictions, including multiple locations within Aurora and places outside of Illinois, officials said.

Herbert remains in custody at the Kane County jail. His next court date is scheduled for May 27.
Police are asking anyone with information about the case or who believes they were a victim of Herbert to contact the department's investigations division at 630-256-5500 or tips@aurora.il.us.