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Phil Williams
@PhilNvestigates
Defending democracy. Confronting hate. Speaking truth to power - and the angry mob. Award-winning @NC5 chief investigative reporter. (More in expanded bio.)
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Aug 8 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
ICYMI: They want to go back to an America before the civil rights movement "ruined everything." They want to kick out immigrants even if they became U.S. citizens decades ago. And they want to put women back where they think they belong. (Part 1) ICYMI: 'If they think they are going to come in here and take over and force their views on everybody else, they are going to have a fight on their hands,' Jackson County resident warns during impromptu town hall. (Part 2)
Jul 30 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
.@NewFounding founder and CEO @NateAFischer refused to answer my questions prior to my most recent story about the Jackson County Christian nationalist project, but he has now dropped into my DMs! 🙄 Image He seems to have been triggered by this post involving his team’s own words.
Jun 12 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Stephen Miller and U.S. Homeland Security amplify an image from white Christian nationalist CJay Engel -- who has been the subject of my investigations since he and his allies began their move into Jackson County, TN. 1/x Image
Image A bit of background on Engel and his podcast co-host Andrew Isker: 2/x Image
Mar 4 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
This is Leland Dudek, acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, and he has a message for SSA employees: We don't work for anyone other than President Trump. "Elections have consequences.... Only the Courts or Congress can intervene." 1/ Image In a communication sent to SSA employees on Saturday, Acting Social Security Administrator Leland Dudek said employees should expect that the agency will "outsource non-essential functions to industry experts" as part of an effort to "revitalize SSA operations." 2/
Dec 20, 2024 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
The @Tennessean publishes this with no hint that the author, @Byzness, is involved with the controversial effort to relocate Christian nationalists from around the country to Tennessee. 1/ Here is the related story: Aiming to 'radicalize Main Street,' Christian nationalists set sights on tiny Jackson County, Tennessee 2/ newschannel5.com/news/newschann…
Nov 25, 2024 • 44 tweets • 12 min read
TIME TO BRING THE RECEIPTS: Podcaster C.Jay Engel (@contramordor) appeared on a local YouTube show on Friday to dispute my reporting regarding the white Christian nationalists moving into Tennessee.🧵Thread on what he claimed vs. what he has really said. 🧵1/Image First of all, if you missed my initial report that's being discussed, watch here. 🧵2/
Nov 19, 2024 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
ICYMI: Aiming to 'radicalize Main Street,' Christian nationalists set sights on tiny Jackson County, Tennessee (Documentation in link below.) In this message shared with me from a private Jackson County/Gainesboro FB group, developer Josh Abbotoy (@Byzness) claims he did not want to "criticize people who want to buy land from my company."
There's one little problem... 2/ Image
Oct 23, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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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Image A week ago, it was the right-wing Patriot Front 2/
May 31, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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/