An EPA advisor was exposed in a Project Veritas undercover video admitting that the agency rushed to allocate billions of taxpayer dollars to climate change initiatives just before President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Brent Efron, a special advisor at the EPA and instrumental in implementing Biden’s climate agenda, spoke to a Project Veritas operative about the rush to disburse funds two months before Trump’s inauguration.
“Now it’s how to get the money out as fast as possible before they [Trump Administration] come in … It truly feels like we’re on the Titanic or throwing gold bar off the top edge.,” Efron said.
Under the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, which Efron referred to as “Biden’s climate law,” over $100 billion was allocated for various environmental projects.
Efron detailed how the EPA is scrambling to ensure these funds are committed to projects, including those initially planned for a Kamala Harris presidency.
“The thing that we haven’t funded yet are [sic] the local nonprofit program that was going to be an inter-Kamala Harris administration program… so now we’re getting it [funding] out as quick as possible. It’s like two billion at this point, we’ve got most of it out – like 90%.”
He further disclosed that the EPA plans to continue this funding rush until the very last minute on Inauguration Day.
The strategy involves channeling funds through nonprofits, which Efron described as an “insurance policy” against a Trump administration that might seek to defund or repeal these initiatives.
“We gave them [nonprofits, states, tribes] the money because… it was an insurance policy against Trump winning. Because they aren’t [a government agency], they’re safer from Republicans taking the money away.”
Efron also discusses the EPA’s strategy of using nonprofits as a shield against Republican policies, and hints at the potential personal benefits awaiting him post-tenure.
“Over the last year we’ve given out $50 billion dollars for climate things…so to go work for one of these places would be really cool.”
WATCH:
BREAKING: @EPA Advisor Admits ‘Insurance Policy’ Against Trump is Funneling Billions to Climate Organizations, “We’re Throwing Gold Bars off the Titanic”
“It was an insurance policy against Trump winning.”
“Get the money out as fast as possible before they [Trump… pic.twitter.com/eaAihuNvAh
— Project Veritas (@Project_Veritas) December 3, 2024
Newly appointed EPA chief Lee Zeldin, a former New York Congressman and a staunch ally of Trump, releases his statement in response to the scandal.
“Huge news! Our awesome team EPA just located BILLIONS of dollars worth of “gold bars” that the Biden Admin threw “off the titanic”. Big update coming tomorrow…” Zeldin wrote.
Huge news! Our awesome team @EPA just located BILLIONS of dollars worth of “gold bars” that the Biden Admin threw “off the titanic”.
Big update coming tomorrow…pic.twitter.com/md5qWEgUgV
— Lee Zeldin (@epaleezeldin) February 11, 2025
Utah Senator Mike Lee also weighed in on the situation via X.
“The U.S. government is actively working to undermine the American people. We’ve empowered Washington to the point that it’s become dangerous and destructive. It’s too big, too expensive, and too powerful. We must return to constitutional government,” he wrote.
The U.S. government is actively working to undermine the American people
We’ve empowered Washington to the point that it’s become dangerous and destructive
It’s too big, too expensive, and too powerful
We must return to constitutional government https://t.co/JW36FWqPYh
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) December 3, 2024
