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Phil Lyman emphasizes election integrity, federal pushback and media skepticism on Utah County GOP podcast
Summary
Phil Lyman, a candidate for Utah governor, framed his campaign around election transparency, resisting federal overreach, and grassroots energy. He described a past prosecution that led to a 10-day jail sentence and said he later received a pardon from Donald Trump.
Phil Lyman, speaking on a Utah County Republican Party podcast hosted by vice chair Charles Max Wood, presented election integrity, limiting federal influence, and restoring local control as central themes of his gubernatorial campaign. "If people want to know the truth about what's going on in government, they should elect me because I'll tell them the truth about it," Lyman said while describing his record as a county commissioner and state lawmaker.
Lyman told the podcast he ran for county commissioner after seeing what he described as collusion between federal agents and environmental groups and that a later prosecution related to a land protest led to a 10-day jail sentence. "I end up going to jail, for 10 days," he said, and later noted, "I got a pardon from Donald Trump in, December 2020." He used those experiences to argue he would be willing to confront federal agencies and to change the state's tone toward federal partnership.
On election issues, the host noted Lyman's running mate, Natalie Clausen, has worked on election-integrity concerns; Lyman said the pair would pursue transparency in elections and urged voters to examine how systems are run. He also discussed the Utah GOP convention and grassroots support, describing delegate commitment and late-night voting that he said showed an energized base.
Lyman criticized media coverage of his confrontations with state trust-land administrators, saying reporters omitted context and that the press and establishment lean toward administration-side narratives. "The media wants to cover this story...They didn't come and say, 'hey, what's your side of this?'" he said, describing an exchange that led some outlets to characterize his language as misogynistic.
Lyman also addressed immigration and pandemic policy, saying Utah should prioritize detaining those who break state law and resist future sweeping emergency mandates. Throughout the interview he repeatedly urged voters to return their mail-in ballots and pointed listeners to lymanforutah.com for campaign information.
No campaign finance numbers, independent verification of electoral claims, or responses from the state or the media outlets named were offered in the episode.
