All Eyes on Walker’s Lies: Walker Repeatedly Lied About Working with Law Enforcement

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “The claims, which appear to have halted since he entered the U.S. Senate race, aren’t true.”

A report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution highlighted how Herschel Walker repeatedly spread false claims that he worked in law enforcement and was in the FBI, which multiple law enforcement agencies have debunked. Walker continued to spread his law enforcement lies and doubled down on deceiving Georgians after his claims were proven false. 

Walker’s lies about his involvement in law enforcement are just some of the many falsehoods, scandals, and bizarre statements that have dogged his campaign. In addition to lying about his involvement in law enforcement, Walker has also lied about his business record, lied about his academic achievements, and has been involved in two for-profit programs accused of targeting veterans and service members.

Read more about Walker’s law enforcement lies below: 

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Herschel Walker said he worked in law enforcement — he didn’t

Shannon McCaffrey, 6/13/22

• “I worked for law enforcement, y’all didn’t know that either?” he said. “I spent time at Quantico at the FBI training school. Y’all didn’t know I was an agent?”

• It wasn’t the first time Walker said he was in law enforcement, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found while reviewing dozens of speeches and motivational talks by Walker that were posted online.

• “I work with the Cobb County Police Department, and I’ve been in criminal justice all my life,” he said in 2017

• In 2000, he told Irving, Texas, police that he was “a certified peace officer,” according to a police report.

• And he has used his alleged law enforcement ties to justify why he has had a gun, including a 2001 incident when he pursued a man who was late delivering a car.

• “I worked in law enforcement, so I had a gun. I put this gun in my holster and I said, ‘I’m gonna kill this dude,’ ” he said at a 2013 suicide prevention event for the U.S. Army.

• The claims, which appear to have halted since he entered the U.S. Senate race, aren’t true.

• The Cobb County Police Department said it had no record of involvement with Walker. The Cobb Sheriff’s Office could not say whether he was an honorary deputy.

• Morgan said that many sheriffs in Georgia stopped handing out such honors amid fears that people would use the paperwork to impersonate police officers, a felony in Georgia.

MSNBC: The Last Thing: Herschel Walker’s Lies 

Stephanie Ruhle, 6/15/22

• The last thing before we go tonight: Herschel Walker’s lies.
  
• Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker said there that he wants to be a leader like Trump. Well, with his climbing number of lies, he’s getting a lot closer to that goal.
  
• The latest is that he said on at least three separate occasions that he worked in law enforcement. Well, for fact’s sake, let’s clear things up.
  
• According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, in a 2017 speech, Walker said this: “I work with the Cobb County Police Department and I’ve been in criminal justice all my life,” 
  
• And two years later while giving a speech to soldiers he said, “I spent time at Quantico at the FBI training school. Y’all didn’t know I was an agent?”
  
• They didn’t know, because he wasn’t.
  
• And according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the Cobb County Police Department said they have no record of any involvement with Walker.
  
• And as we said, that is just the latest of Walker’s lies that have recently come to light. He also claimed that he owned companies, companies that don’t actually exist. He lied about his college achievements, and in 2020 falsely claims that he knew of a mist that prevented COVID.

11Alive: Herschel Walker on Law Enforcement, Debate 

Doug Richards, 7/20/22

• 11Alive Anchor: “Today, U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker…denied that he ever misled people when he said he trained to become an FBI agent. 11Alive’s Doug Richards caught up with Walker today in Athens and has the story.” 

• Herschel Walker: “We have the people on the left that are campaigning. They’re not telling you the truth.”
  
• Doug Richards: “Walker talked about truth in politics. We asked him about this video of him speaking in 2019.”

• Herschel Walker: “I worked for law enforcement. Y’all didn’t know that either, did you? I spent time at Quantico at the FBI training school. Y’all didn’t know I was an agent…. Anyway, I’ve been in law enforcement.”
  
• Richards: “You implied that you were in law enforcement. You were never in law enforcement, right?”
  
• Herschel Walker: “No, but the story was that I trained with the FBI…I did train at Quantico with the FBI. And I have worked with law enforcement for years as well. And I continue to work with them.”

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