Tag Archives: James O’Keefe

Woman Who Stole Biden Daughter’s Diary Skips Court

Reuters reports: The woman who admitted to stealing President Joe Biden’s daughter Ashley’s diary and helping sell it to conservative activists could face arrest as soon as Friday after skipping her sentencing, a federal judge said on Wednesday. Aimee Harris was supposed to be sentenced in Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon. Her lawyers had earlier told U.S. District Judge Laura Swain …

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Equinox Bans O’Keefe Over Attempt To Sting Judge

“This is Equinox at Great Neck calling. I just want to let you know, going forward, you are officially house-canceled from ever joining any Equinox going forward in the future, okay? “You have been officially house canceled, so please do not inquire any Equinox going forward. You will not be allowed to rejoin at any time. “I will help cancel …

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James O’Keefe Fails To Sting Trump Judge At NYC Gym

The Meidas Touch reports: James O’Keefe walked up to Engoron at his gym where he works out and introduced himself. He used all his usual tricks, told Engoron he was a big fan. Said that New York needed to get rid of all the MAGA people. Told him that he was a hero. All trying to get Engoron to take …

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James O’Keefe Posts Public Mea Culpa As Part Of His Settlement In Voter Fraud Claim Against Postal Worker

“In November 2020, I reported that election fraud had occurred in Erie, Pennsylvania during the 2020 Presidential Election. This story was based on Richard Hopkins’ claim that he had overheard Robert Weisenbach, the Erie Postmaster, direct another USPS supervisor to illegally backdate mail-in ballots. “Mr. Hopkins has since come to learn that he was wrong – neither Mr. Weisenbach nor …

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Cultist Group Settles Suit Over False Voter Fraud Claims

Yahoo News reports: Conservative provocateur James O’Keefe and his former organization Project Veritas have settled a lawsuit filed by a Pennsylvania postmaster after the group spread a Postal Service worker’s false claims of voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. A lawyer who represented Robert Weisenbach, the Erie postmaster who filed the lawsuit in state court, confirmed that it had …

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Cultist Group Loses Free Speech Claim In Biden Case

The Associated Press reports: Criminal prosecutors may soon get to see over 900 documents pertaining to the alleged theft of a diary belonging to President Joe Biden’s daughter after a judge rejected the conservative group Project Veritas’ First Amendment claim. The documents were produced from raids that were authorized in November 2021. Electronic devices were also seized from the residences …

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REPORT: Project Veritas Founder Faces Criminal Probe

The Nation reports: James O’Keefe, the founder and until this past February CEO of the right-wing nonprofit Project Veritas, is currently under investigation by the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office. While the exact nature of the investigation is not yet public, the timing would suggest that it relates to O’Keefe’s alleged financial improprieties during his tenure as the group’s chairman …

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DOJ Investigates 2020 Cultist Attempt To Infiltrate DNC

CNN reports: Federal prosecutors are investigating conservative-backed efforts in Wyoming to infiltrate the Democratic National Committee ahead of the 2020 election, according to people familiar with the matter. Prosecutors have subpoenaed Richard Seddon, a former British intelligence official, and Susan Gore, a Republican donor and heiress to the Gore-Tex fortune, as part of the investigation. One of the subpoenas, which …

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Ex-Group Accuses O’Keefe Of “Financial Malfeasance”

The Washington Post reports: James O’Keefe’s departure from Project Veritas, the right-wing organization known for conducting undercover sting operations, came after the board of directors claimed to staff that O’Keefe had endangered the group’s nonprofit status. “Donors donate to our organization in part because of the Tax Deduction available to the donor,” the board members wrote in the memo. If …

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James O’Keefe Removed As Leader Of Project Veritas

The New York Times reports: James O’Keefe, the embattled leader of the conservative group Project Veritas, has been removed from his position amid a series of questions about his oversight of the organization, according to a video of a speech he gave to the group posted Monday. “I was stripped of all decision-making last week,” Mr. O’Keefe said in the …

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REPORT: Project Veritas May Be About To Boot Founder

New York Magazine reports: James O’Keefe, the founder and chairman of Project Veritas, has taken a paid leave from the conservative nonprofit media organization as its board considers whether to remove him from his leadership position, according to current and former employees of the organization. An internal message sent to Project Veritas employees by the organization’s executive director, Daniel Strack, …

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Jury: Project Veritas Must Pay $120,000 To Dem Group

The New York Times reports: A jury in a federal civil case on Thursday found that Project Veritas, a conservative group known for its deceptive tactics, had violated wiretapping laws and fraudulently misrepresented itself as part of a lengthy sting operation against Democratic political consultants. The jury awarded the consulting firm, Democracy Partners, $120,000. The decision amounted to a sharp …

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Court Okays Defamation Suit Against Project Veritas

Law & Crime reports: Project Veritas cannot dismiss a defamation lawsuit from a postmaster in Pennsylvania who says the group smeared him by running “fabricated” claims that he backdated mail-in ballots to sway the outcome of the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden, a judge ruled. The Erie postmaster, Robert Weisenbach, says he was actually a Donald Trump supporter who …

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Project Veritas Loses Defamation Suit Against CNN

Law & Crime reports: CNN did not defame Project Veritas by depicting the group’s Twitter ban as part of a social media crackdown on “misinformation,” a federal judge ruled on Friday. On Feb. 11, 2021, CNN anchor Ana Cabrera reported that Twitter permanently banned Project Veritas for “repeated violations of Twitter’s policies prohibiting the sharing—or threats of sharing—of other people’s …

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Proud Boy Named In James O’Keefe Search Warrant

The Daily Beast reports: A Justice Department investigation into conservative operative James O’Keefe and his Project Veritas group includes a review of O’Keefe’s ties to a member of the far-right Proud Boys, according to a federal search warrant. On Nov. 6, FBI agents carried out an early-morning raid on O’Keefe’s home. The search came as part of a year-long investigation …

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NYT Board Blasts Ruling In Project Veritas “Diary” Case

From the editorial board of the New York Times: “Any system of prior restraints of expression comes to this court bearing a heavy presumption against its constitutional validity,” the Supreme Court said in a 1963 case. Such restraints are “the very prototype of the greatest threat to First Amendment values,” Justice Antonin Scalia wrote a generation later. On Friday, however, …

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James O’Keefe Claims FBI Raid Of His Home Over Diary Violated His First Amendment Rights As A “Journalist”

Fox News has the transcript: I woke up to a pre-dawn raid. Banging on my door, I went to my door to answer the door and there were ten FBI agents with a battering ram, white blinding lights, they turned me around, handcuffed me and threw me against the hallway. I was partially clothed in front of my neighbors. They …

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FBI Raids Home Of Right Wing Activist James O’Keefe

The New York Times reports: Federal authorities on Saturday searched the home of James O’Keefe, the founder of the conservative group Project Veritas, according to witnesses and people briefed on the matter, a day after Mr. O’Keefe acknowledged that the group was under investigation by the Justice Department in connection with a diary reported to have been stolen from Ashley …

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Feds Raid Two Project Veritas-Linked NY Locations In Probe Into 2020 Theft Of Joe Biden’s Daughter’s Diary

The New York Times reports: The Justice Department searched two locations associated with the conservative group Project Veritas as part of an investigation into how a diary stolen from President Biden’s daughter, Ashley, came to be publicly disclosed a week and a half before the 2020 presidential election, according to people briefed on the matter. Federal agents in New York …

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James O’Keefe Org’s HQ Destroyed In Ida Flooding

The Daily Beast reports: Hurricane Ida’s Northeast floods and tornadoes showed the visual reality of climate change, including at the headquarters of the “truth-seeking” organization Project Veritas. The setback comes amid a damaging year for Project Veritas, which runs undercover stings in an effort to catch journalists or liberal figures saying embarrassing things. Twitter banned both Project Veritas and O‘Keefe …

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