Happer has been traipsed out for years by the obfuscationists, because he has a Ph.D. in physics and because he’s one of the few who has so willingly sold out for money.
He’s also immune from any one correcting, being tenured at Princeton for a long time and ignores any colleague who would correct him.
He’s been brought in by various Republican Reps and Senators to hearings as one of their favorites.