A new report in the Houston Chronicle discloses that higher-education critic Jeff Sandefer gave $200,000 to the American Phoenix Foundation, but he wants his money back because he does not like the group’s hidden camera investigation of legislators and says the money was not used for educational puposes as he expected.
Reached for comment Thursday, Sandefer said he was not aware of the group’s plan to secretly film lawmakers and was unhappy with his investment after he received no feedback on how the group was using his money.
“I was unaware that they were planning to film politicians. Our intent was that they were going to train journalists,” Sandefer said. “We were unhappy with a lack of progress in training journalists and asked for the money back. And we did not receive any money back.”
