Forwarded from Nevs
Great article with sauce on Gregg Phillips’ abandoned Freedom Hospital venture in Ukraine
https://www.propublica.org/article/ukraine-freedom-hospital-true-the-vote-phillips-engelbrecht
Ignore the election denier stuff here, take the meat and spit out the bones.
“They said Phillips realized during his March trip to the region that the mission wasn’t feasible because local officials weren’t interested, because potential donors felt the U.S. government was already funneling enough money into the war effort, and because he was worried about the potential for local corruption.”
https://twitter.com/cassandrajar/status/1617504330394832896
https://www.propublica.org/article/ukraine-freedom-hospital-true-the-vote-phillips-engelbrecht
Ignore the election denier stuff here, take the meat and spit out the bones.
“They said Phillips realized during his March trip to the region that the mission wasn’t feasible because local officials weren’t interested, because potential donors felt the U.S. government was already funneling enough money into the war effort, and because he was worried about the potential for local corruption.”
https://twitter.com/cassandrajar/status/1617504330394832896
ProPublica
Promoters of Election Lies Also Hyped a Hospital for Ukraine. That Never Happened Either.
True the Vote, a group that spread discredited election conspiracy theories, “abandoned” The Freedom Hospital in April 2022, according to its lawyers. Yet board member Gregg Phillips continued to seek donations for the project for months afterward.