An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advisor has been caught on hidden camera admitting that the outgoing Biden administration is funneling billions of taxpayer dollars to climate organizations as a hedge against the incoming Trump administration.
Brent Efron who is a special advisor for implementation for the EPA, was recorded by Project Veritas bragging about sending tens of billions of dollars in grants to climate nonprofits as “an insurance policy” against Trump’s promises to rein in government spending.
Efron exhibits zero shame as he laughingly equates the frantic effort to get as much money as possible to climate-related allies as “throwing gold bars off the Titanic.”
When asked where that money is going, Efron responds, “Nonprofits, states, tribes,” explaining that the effort would continue, “until the Trump people come in and tell us we cannot give out money.”
Efron refers to the Inflation Reduction Act as “Biden’s climate law” and describes how the EPA uses aligned nonprofits to implement climate change policy at the local level because, “they’re safer from Republicans taking the money away.”
Efron also describes how he and his colleagues will likely continue working right up until Trump is inaugurated in order to push out as much money as possible to climate allies.
He’s also considering how his efforts to loot the treasury on behalf of these climate nonprofits could translate into a cushy job with one of them when the new administration takes over.
The outgoing Biden administration hasn’t been shy about shoveling as many taxpayer dollars as possible to its favored friends and lobbyists before President-elect Trump can take office on Jan 20.
The Project Veritas report prompted a pointed response from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) who described Washington as having become empowered to the point that it’s become “dangerous and destructive,” and calling for a return to constitutional government.