SALT LAKE CITY — Tim Ballard, the founder and former CEO of Operation Underground Railroad, says he has been defamed and excommunicated as part of a "conspiracy" involving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

He made the statements in a video posted to Instagram late Wednesday night.

The video shows Ballard at a desk with soft piano music playing in the background.

He begins the video by announcing that he and his wife, Katherine Ballard, are not getting divorced.

Ballard then proceeds to hold up a piece of paper, announcing that "Tim and Katherine Ballard vs. the Deep Church" will be "going to every outlet, every podcast around the world."

"Deep State? Deep Church? You get it," Ballard said. "Children are literally being beaten and bloodied by ISIS and traffic

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