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Phil Williams
@NC5PhilWilliams
Speaking truth to power - and the angry mob. @NC5 chief investigative reporter. John Chancellor Award. duPont, Peabody awards (4x). Pulitzer finalist
Oct 23 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Well, the conspiracy theorists are at it again -- SHOCK! - alleging that I must be in cahoots with @TBInvestigation because the Bureau granted my public records request, but did not grant their requests. Learn the law, people! A lesson: 1/ Documents related to administrative functions - such as communications with lawmakers - ARE subject to the Tennessee Public Records Act. Documents directly involving TBI investigations are NOT subject to the Act. 2/
Oct 8 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
PLEASE stop listening to political figures who, for the sake of their own fortunes, are willing to lead Americans to their deaths with their denialism. Listen to pros like @JohnMoralesTV who care about their communities and know climate change is real! “Frankly, you should be shaken too!”
Sep 20 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: Texas Neo-Nazi Arrested and Charged with Making Threats to Kill Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk 1/ Image Goyim Defense League is the neo-Nazi group I confronted this summer. Bloyed was not believed to have traveled with them on this trip. 2/
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Sep 12 • 25 tweets • 7 min read
🧵 Here's how our Millersville #ConspiracyCop investigation has unfolded: 🧵
My curiosity about Shawn Taylor began with a quirky story about Gabrielle Hanson, the unsuccessful candidate for mayor in Franklin, Tennessee. 1/ 🧵 (cont'd.)
The more that I went down the #ConspiracyCop rabbit hole, the stranger the story got. After all, this was a man who now had a gun and a badge. 2/
Sep 5 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
🧵🧵🧵Millersville City Attorney Bryant Kroll puts out a statement that "clarifies" the intent of the TBI raids of City Hall, claiming the agency isn't really investigating who we think it is investigating. Here's a breakdown of why that "clarification" doesn't make sense. 1/ Image Kroll claims that MPD had previously asked for the TBI's help in investigating other officials. "These warrants suggest the TBI is investigating alleged 'official misconduct' involving individuals previously reported to the TBI by the Millersville Police Department." 2/
Sep 3 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I think there is a hesitancy in some newsrooms because some readers/viewers will view confronting extremism as "taking sides," they fear giving attention to such groups gives them oxygen and it's not easy. 1/2 The truth is a healthy democracy is a shared core value of most Americans (and thus we are on the side of the people), extremism has been able to mushroom BECAUSE of the lack of attention and our profession depends on a healthy democracy so it MUST be confronted. 2/2
Aug 29 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Alright, Nashville, you can tell Craig what you really think. He has come to our city, claiming that NewsChannel 5 has covered up legitimate child trafficking. Just below this post, I will link to the story that he says we never covered. He's lying. 1/2 This is the story that Craig Sawyer is telling his followers that @NC5 did not cover. Proof that he is lying. 2/2 newschannel5.com/news/tbis-oper…
Jul 25 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Canadian neo-Nazi Ryan McCann back in a Nashville court for assaulting a bartender with the flagpole of his swastika flag. His Goyim Defense League buddies have left town and left him behind. 1/ Image MNPD Officer Forrest Tucker dissecting security video from a downtown establishment, showing the assault. 2/ Image
Jul 15 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
On Sunday, once again, a hate group put on a demonstration in downtown Nashville. This time, it was the neo-Nazi “Goyim Defense League,” shouting “Hitler was right!” and other vile words! 1/


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May 31 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
WATCH: I never dreamed that all of this would happen as a result of my investigation of Millersville, Tennessee's #ConspiracyCop. Attempts to smear me or intimidate me only make me more determined to get to the truth. #StayTuned Previous #ConspiracyCop stories here ->
May 23 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: Congressman Andy Ogles admits his claims to have loaned $320,000 to his campaign were not true newschannel5.com/news/newschann… My investigation from last year: He doesn't report having checking or savings. So where did Andy Ogles get $320,000 for his campaign? newschannel5.com/news/newschann…
May 20 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE: 'Al Gore, you’re a piece of sh*t!' Meet Millersville's conspiracy cop newschannel5.com/news/newschann… This man - who makes completely bogus claims that TennCare (Tennessee’s health care insurance program for the poor) was created by the Gores to launder drug money - carries a gun/badge and has power to arrest people. 2/
Apr 22 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
"In 2019, when the text messages start, Jones hatches a series of partnerships, LLCs and domain names in addition to his flagship Infowars business. To mixed results, Jones bankrolls shadow operations around this time, including the junk-news site National File." splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023…Image
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Image In leaked texts shared earlier this month by the Southern Poverty Law Center between him and well-known Republican operative Roger Stone in 2020, Jones said “off record this is my site” in relation to National File. According to the texts, the site was explicitly funded by Jones’ father David Jones and was meant to give Jones’ son, Rex Jones, more public visibility. gizmodo.com/alex-jones-inf…
Apr 18 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
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Lots of political chess being played now in the Tennessee General Assembly on school vouchers. No one speaking to me believes there is a realistic chance of any measure passing this session, but... 1/ The question now: can school privatization forces get a vote on an amendment that allows them to run campaigns that say "XXX voted against school choice." 2/
Apr 10 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
There is so much in this poll that the Beacon Center chose NOT to highlight, including findings that run counter to its agenda. 1/ The most significant barrier that Tennesseans face in achieving financial stability and growth, according to the Beacon Center poll, is "high healthcare costs not covered by insurance." Beacon Center defeated efforts to expand Medicaid to address this issue. 2/ Image
Jan 3 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Since @ClayTravis is bragging about how right he was about COVID, here are the receipts from a Feb. 2021 compilation. He predicted there would just be “a few hundred” U.S. deaths. We are now at well over a million deaths. 1/

Despite @ClayTravis insistence otherwise, scientific data shows the unvaccinated are at much greater risk from COVID. 2/ Image
Dec 26, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
What a year it's been!!! What was your favorite investigation of 2023? (Videos posted in thread for your review) 1/ What was your favorite investigation of 2023? Here are highlights of my investigation of Congressman Andy Ogles. (Vote in poll at top of thread) 2/
Dec 1, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
ICYMI: He doesn't report having checking or savings. So where did Andy Ogles get $320,000 he claimed he loaned his campaign?
ICYMI (from earlier this year): The stories that Andy Ogles tells
Nov 24, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
EXCLUSIVE: Gov. Bill Lee is preparing to announce a plan to dramatically expand Tennessee's controversial school voucher program, allowing K-12 students to receive taxpayer funding for private school regardless of need. newschannel5.com/news/newschann… Unaccredited private schools would be covered, potentially encouraging private-school startups in rural areas where there are none. Image
Oct 25, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Thanks for all the kind words regarding this on-going @HansonForMayor investigation! This project is a testament to the @EWScrippsCo motto: "Give light and the people will find their own way.” 1/ This project is a major lesson for all media (including myself). This race wasn't even on my radar until a Franklin resident sniffed out that something wasn't quite right and asked me to look. Too few political races get the scrutiny that's needed. 2/
Oct 25, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: Controversial Franklin mayoral candidate Gabrielle @HansonforMayor now headed to a likely resounding defeat, based on early vote and absentee totals:
Gabrielle Hanson: 1,788
Incumbent Ken Moore: 8,364 It appears that all of the contested MAGA aldermen-at-large candidates will also go down in defeat. From early voting and absentee:
Jeff Feldman: 2,271
Ann Peterson: 7,432