James O’Keefe Placed on Paid Leave from Project Veritas, to be removed from board

[AngryCanadian]

[h=1]Hostile Takeover of Project Veritas Seeking to Remove James O’Keefe – DeSantis Aligned Operatives Spearheading Effort for Removal[/h]

Why would Ron DeSantis wanted to remove James O’Keefe when his state refused the vaccination passports?

 

[AngryCanadian]

It does seem like a coup agaisnt James O’Keefe from the deep state.

 

[Occam's Banana]

'Cease and Desist' letter sent to Project Veritas Board by major donors as James O'Keefe's future with company is in peril
"We are concerned that the Board may already be acting in violation of Virginia charitable solicitation and trust law and ask that the Board refrain from taking further actions to fundamentally undermine the purposes for which Project Veritas be established."
https://thepostmillennial.com/break...james-okeefes-future-with-company-is-in-peril
Libby Emmons (10 February 2023)

A Cease and Desist letter went out to the Project Veritas Board of Directors on Thursday, as that body is set to meet to determine the future of founder James O'Keefe with the company.

The letter, shared by Twitter account Swig, was sent by law firm Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, and states that the "firm represents a large group of significant donors to Project Veritas."

These donors, it goes on to say "have grave concerns about the Board of Directors' reported action to remove Founder and CEO James O'Keefe from his leadership position, change the structure of the Project Veritas entities and their Boards (raising risks for the entities' charitable status), and operate Project Veritas for purposes other than those for which the organization was established."

"The big wig donors to Project Veritas are not taking the board actions against James O’Keefe lying down," says a source, according to Swig. "Looks like they have hired a big name law firm that sent a letter which seems to suggest the board is running afoul of Virginia law and exposing themselves to substantial liability!"

"By threatening or taking these actions," the letter goes on to say, "the Board is straying from its roots and the express purpose for which it raised considerable funds from the public, including our clients."

"We are concerned that the Board may already be acting in violation of Virginia charitable solicitation and trust law and ask that the Board refrain from taking further actions to fundamentally undermine the purposes for which Project Veritas be established."

They further ask that no money be spent in the meantime.

In conclusion, they state that the Board must "cease and desist" from any actions to remove O'Keefe from the company, and state that the letter also represents "a request to preserve all tangible evidence, whether held by the Board or by its members, personally, including all documents related to the subject matter of this letter."

After it was revealed that O'Keefe's tenure with the company was in jeopardy, "James is Project Veritas" began trending on Twitter, with many in media simply aghast that the board would seek to remove the man from the company he founded, launched, and made a household name.

Allegations leveled at O'Keefe were revealed earlier this week by New York Magazine and Daily Beast, with the letter full of staff complaints later released by Timcast [see this post - OB].

That letter lists staff complaints that essentially boil down to O'Keefe being a rather difficult boss, something of a "tyrant," and once having eaten a pregnant woman's sandwich. The letter from staff also states that the 16 undersigned employees who submitted the letter have not all seen the kind of abuse mentioned.

The rumor mill began to swirl after the release of the letter as factions began to form, with some saying that further, more damning allegations could be in the offing, primarily concerning financial dealings.

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https://twitter.com/OldRowSwig/status/1624093172639887361

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[vita3]

Most registered lobbyists out of all industries is pharma/healthcare

 

[ClaytonB]

Why would Ron DeSantis wanted to remove James O’Keefe when his state refused the vaccination passports?

I don't know. What I do know is that the Swamp plays extremely dirty, and throwing a bone to the masses in order to make their preferred candidate seem like "the real deal" is just standard Swamp playbook. Not saying that's the case with DeSantis, but I've seen nothing yet to prove otherwise. I'm glad somebody finally stood up to the Big Pharma syndicate, but that doesn't automatically give DeSantis a pass. He has to prove himself, he has to show that he will take down the known worst-of-the-worst, the inside-insiders, the dark string-pullers whose names are never in the news, as well as the known evil puppets in the Swamp. My expectations that he will actually do that are somewhere around 1%...

 

[devil21]

Fwiw, while I thought PV's content was decent (for exposing low level drone employees generally, in a Cambridge Analytica style model, very after-the-fact so it doesn't change the outcome, only manages the reaction....PV never preempts anything), I always wondered about their sincerity, since one video series they released early on in their rise to prominence held obvious occult symbolism/hand signs/etc. The model is and always has been to control both sides. Control both wings of the bird.

I won't pay any serious attention to what they do now leading up to an election. Exit stage right James.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Why would Ron DeSantis wanted to remove James O’Keefe when his state refused the vaccination passports?

It's not necessarily DeSantis behind it.
But he's buddies with the people who are.
Much of what he does in FL is meant to set him up to bait and switch people in order to get rid of Trump.

 

[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

So what was the boards decision? I thought they were going to decide Friday.

 

[A Son of Liberty]

So what was the boards decision? I thought they were going to decide Friday.

FWIW, I think the fact that the major donors to PV filed a "cease and desist" has probably pumped the brakes on PV's board's "decision" re: O'Keefe's position. Shockingly.

It's amazing to me that this sh!t isn't as transparent as glass. We're living in Clown World, and it's a snowball rolling down a mountain, heading for a cliff.

 

[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

FWIW, I think the fact that the major donors to PV filed a "cease and desist" has probably pumped the brakes on PV's board's "decision" re: O'Keefe's position. Shockingly.

It's amazing to me that this sh!t isn't as transparent as glass. We're living in Clown World, and it's a snowball rolling down a mountain, heading for a cliff.

So if you were James O'Keefe, what would you do?
Should he just show up Monday and go back to work?

 

[Mach]

It's not necessarily DeSantis behind it.
But he's buddies with the people who are.
Much of what he does in FL is meant to set him up to bait and switch people in order to get rid of Trump.

Yes, Desantis is not an outsider, like Trump, no matter what he is against, he is an insider... and I would like to be wrong.

 

[Occam's Banana]

James O'Keefe Accused of 'Erratic Behavior' by 16 Project Veritas Employees
'James has become a power drunk tyrant,' said one unnamed employee in a letter submitted to the organization's board
https://timcast.com/news/james-okeefe-accused-of-erratic-behavior-by-16-project-veritas-employees/
Hannah Claire Brimelow (09 February 2023)

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Memo to PV Board Feb 6 2023 (1) by Christopher Karr on Scribd
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https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1624543689916678147

 

[Occam's Banana]

As one youtube commenter put it:

"I can see O'Keefe getting some guys to go back into Project Veritas undercover and finding out who is on the take."

—Which would be hilarious.

Project Veritas Exposes Project Veritas
https://rumble.com/v296fha-project-veritas-exposes-project-veritas.html

 

[A Son of Liberty]

So if you were James O'Keefe, what would you do?
Should he just show up Monday and go back to work?

If I were James, and I were innocent as I assume him to be - because he's given me no reason to believe that he isn't, and that all of the work he's done hasn't been legitimate - I would figure out a way to blow the lid off of PV and do to them exactly what he has done to every other scumbag organization that he's exposed over the years.

And for the record I'm not necessarily politically aligned with James O'Keefe, but I think he's doing good work. Just the same as I feel about Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi.

 

[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

Project Veritas Exposes Project Veritas
https://rumble.com/v296fha-project-veritas-exposes-project-veritas.html

"I spent two hours making that sandwich." WTF? a peanut butter and jelly sandwich!
If I was working with this guy and people like this in my company, I would close down. Why would I hire and or retain people like this? I wouldn't. So who hires and retains them? I would guess it is very difficult to be a huge success without some serious capital. Infiltrating organizations with whistleblowers is much more expensive than Glenn Greenwald doing an hour show in his home or Ron Paul doing liberty report. Lots of cogs in that PV wheel. Too bad when the underlings have more power than the mastermind. kcuf that.Write a book, make a movie. GTF out of that scenario. Problem is all those woke employees will end up suing him and that will cost him all his cash and smear him. They are taking him down just like Alex Jones. That is the game plan. This will not end with James O'Keefe riding off into the sunset with a retirement. They want him smeared and broke.

 

[Occam's Banana]

"I spent two hours making that sandwich." WTF? a peanut butter and jelly sandwich!
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[AngryCanadian]

"I spent two hours making that sandwich." WTF? a peanut butter and jelly sandwich!
If I was working with this guy and people like this in my company, I would close down. Why would I hire and or retain people like this? I wouldn't. So who hires and retains them? I would guess it is very difficult to be a huge success without some serious capital. Infiltrating organizations with whistleblowers is much more expensive than Glenn Greenwald doing an hour show in his home or Ron Paul doing liberty report. Lots of cogs in that PV wheel. Too bad when the underlings have more power than the mastermind. kcuf that.Write a book, make a movie. GTF out of that scenario. Problem is all those woke employees will end up suing him and that will cost him all his cash and smear him. They are taking him down just like Alex Jones. That is the game plan. This will not end with James O'Keefe riding off into the sunset with a retirement. They want him smeared and broke.

Project Veritas is not Veritas without James Keefe.
As others had already said it.

 

[TheTexan]

2 hours does seem excessive for a PB&J. Unless I guess you're making the peanut butter yourself?

 

[ClaytonB]

 

[ClaytonB]

Project Veritas Exposes Project Veritas
https://rumble.com/v296fha-project-veritas-exposes-project-veritas.html

I literally can't tell what's real and what's fake anymore. I thought this was satire. But I guess it's real? WTAF