Gregg Phillips

Gregg Phillips
Head of the Mississippi Department of Human Services
In office
1993–1995

Gregg Allen Phillips (born October 13, 1960) is an American conspiracy theorist and the former head of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, Deputy Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and the author of a tweet cited by U.S. President Donald Trump that falsely alleges, without evidence,[1] that between three and five million non-citizens voted in the 2016 elections.[2][3][4] Phillips executive produced and appeared in Dinesh D’Souza's debunked[5] political film 2000 Mules and pushed a conspiracy theory about election fraud.[6][7][8] He was partnering on a project with a Texas-based, partisan-conservative organization named True the Vote which falsely alleges widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, even though "on the record there has been still no evidence or proof provided that there was any sort of fraud".[9]

  1. ^ Smith, David; Belam, Martin (December 1, 2016). "How a dubious tweet about illegal votes found its way to Trump's megaphone". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lussenhop was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Ryan, Josiah (January 27, 2017). "Trump-cited study author (still) refuses to show proof of voter fraud". CNN. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  4. ^ Swaine, Jon (January 27, 2017). "Trump's voter fraud expert owes US more than $100,000 in unpaid taxes". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  5. ^ Bump, Philip (May 17, 2022). "Analysis - Discussing the gaps in '2000 Mules' with Dinesh D'Souza". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  6. ^ "PolitiFact - The faulty premise of the '2,000 mules' trailer about voting by mail in the 2020 election". Politifact.com.
  7. ^ "The dishonest pivot at the heart of the new voter-fraud conspiracy". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  8. ^ "FACT FOCUS: Gaping holes in the claim of 2K ballot 'mules'". Apnews.com. May 3, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  9. ^ "Fox News host confronts Mo Brooks on voter fraud claims in tense interview". Newsweek.com. May 29, 2022.