Unfortunately, Gregg Phillips’ claims that he was twice teleported from one place to another aren’t the biggest problems for this top government official with a long history of shady deals, charity scams and false claims of voter fraud.
In December, Phillips was named the second-highest-ranking official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, leading the agency’s Office of Response and Recovery, which has a nearly $300 million budget, even though he has a history of mismanagement and has no emergency management experience.
What he does have is Donald Trump’s support thanks to Phillips’ false claims that President Joer Biden won only because 3 to 5 million non-citizens voted illegally in 2020. Trump has amplified some of those false claims.
These claims from Phillips’ nonprofit, True the Vote, were the basis for the conspiracy film 2000 Mules, which was screened in hundreds of churches and on Christian TV networks before it was withdrawn by Salem Media Group.
The president has made January 6 a loyalty test for government employees, filling his administration with unqualified officials, many of them evangelicals, who were hired for their loyalty, not their competence. Phillips fits the mold.
He has been in the news lately due to his claims in podcasts that he was twice teleported 40 to 50 miles against his will. In one case, he says his body was teleported to a Waffle House in Rome, Ga. In the other, he claimed he was driving his car when both he and the vehicle were...
Unfortunately, Gregg Phillips’ claims that he was twice teleported from one place to another aren’t the biggest problems for this top government official with a long history of shady deals, charit...