DOJ Drops Case Against James O’Keefe, Project Veritas

The New York Times reports:

The Justice Department said on Wednesday that it would not bring charges against anyone affiliated with the group Project Veritas over their role in trying to publish the contents of a diary that had been stolen from Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s daughter in the final weeks of the 2020 election campaign.

Project Veritas and its founder, James O’Keefe, have long been favorites of Mr. Trump’s and gained attention by using sting operations and undercover videos to seek to embarrass liberal groups and mainstream news organizations, among others.

Mr. O’Keefe, who left Project Veritas two years ago amid accusations by the group’s board that he had misspent donor money, praised the decision in a post on X and portrayed himself as a victim of government overreach. In the post, Mr. O’Keefe included a video of his lawyer saying that it was highly unusual for the government to conduct a grand jury investigation, like the one into Mr. O’Keefe and Project Veritas, and not to bring charges.

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