Gregg Phillips, a former FEMA official known for promoting false claims of widespread election fraud, remains on the Trump administration’s payroll while on administrative leave, according to the White House. His continued employment matters because his precise role and work since leaving FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery in June remain unclear, despite recent public appearances and posts suggesting a return to election-related activism.

Phillips said he had been in the administration since last year and would soon “rejoin the fight”; he was later photographed at a Department of Justice building with Ed Martin. Federal employees on administrative leave retain full pay and benefits, while FEMA sources told WIRED Phillips has not been seen at its headquarters since June. Phillips previously helped provide material for the debunked film 2000 Mules and has repeatedly advanced allegations about non-citizen voting, which the article says are extremely rare.