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

[acptulsa]

You only list the bad things and there were far more good things.

Is hijacking a thread about O'Keefe by viciously attacking Rand Paul really the only excuse you can come up with at this point to kiss that fat orange ass?

 

[TheTexan]

That's far more true for Rand Paul than for Donald Trump.

Touche

 

[Occam's Banana]

LOL. With Trump's support of gun control by executive order, COVID lockdowns, and greasing the skids for big pharma to push through experimental vaccines, Trump became his own swamp.

You just don't understand.

All the seemingly bad things about Trump are actually good things - because quantum dark energy wormhole chess.

Your MAGA-fu is weak.

 

[dannno]

I am guessing that back in the day James O'Keefe started his endeavor and then wanted it to be bigger and better but didn't have the financial wherewithal to do it without investors or partners. Once you have a financier, you are beholden to them.

That is possible, but the real issue is the non-profit status. It requires having a board and all these regulatory issues that lead to this.

Tim Pool is saying he needs to start a private company where he is the sole owner.

 

[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

That is possible, but the real issue is the non-profit status. It requires having a board and all these regulatory issues that lead to this.

Tim Pool is saying he needs to start a private company where he is the sole owner.

Yes I thought of that afterward. But I still think they are going to try everything imaginable to litigate the hell out of him.

 

[vita3]

Pfizer gets exposed as evil corporation & 2 weeks later we forget about their criminality & focus on this guy & his “break”

Score another one for the criminals

 

[dannno]

Yes I thought of that afterward. But I still think they are going to try everything imaginable to litigate the hell out of him.

There is no doubt there was infiltration, it's just harder to infiltrate a private company with a sole owner.

 

[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

There is no doubt there was infiltration, it's just harder to infiltrate a private company with a sole owner.

I guess the good thing is that it is obvious he was nothing more than an employee that answered to higher power that had the real control. Any wrong doing would have been the higher powers responsibility. Whereas in a private owner like AJ they are the sole to blame.

 

[nobody's_hero]

Yes I thought of that afterward. But I still think they are going to try everything imaginable to litigate the hell out of him.

What is there to litigate? They have to prove their accusations which IMO sound like some ideas they scribbled down off their heads when they caught pushback from PV donors for suspending O'Keefe and then firing him.

 

[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

What is there to litigate? They have to prove their accusations which IMO sound like some ideas they scribbled down off their heads when they caught pushback from PV donors for suspending O'Keefe and then firing him.

Any accusations to make his life hell. James O'Keefe accused of funneling millions from PV to fund underage......

 

[Swordsmyth]

Is hijacking a thread about O'Keefe by viciously attacking Rand Paul really the only excuse you can come up with at this point to kiss that fat orange ass?

Maybe you should talk to the person who changed the subject first.
I just responded.

 

[acptulsa]

Trump.

Maybe you should talk to the person who changed the subject first.

No, I'm still not stupid enough to fall for it when you point a random direction and shout, "Look over there!". No, the one and only person in the world who looked at this thread and said, that looks like a great place to kiss an orange ass today, is the one person who says that about every thread. Gaslighting people won't change that. Being both dishonest and an asshole about it won't buy you a scrap of plausible deniability.

 

[Origanalist]

Project Veritas twitter live follower account...

https://socialcounts.org/twitter-live-follower-count/Project_Veritas

300,000 down and counting.

 

[tebowlives]

You only list the bad things and there were far more good things.
Neither Bolton nor Lindell even count as anything bad, Trump didn't let Bolton do anything and Lindell is right about fraud while Rand defends the supposed right of the states to cheat.

This isn't the forum about trying hard to be right while making things up. You're on the wrong forum for that.

Nobody needed to stop Rand, he did a fine job of that all by himself.
And he has since shown that he just doesn't have what it takes to take on McConnell and the rest of the swamp anywhere near as well as the minimal amount Trump did.

As if defending the Constitution and the rights of the individual is a bad thing. More proof you are on the wrong forum.

You're not making good points in this thread.

 

[Swordsmyth]

This isn't the forum about trying hard to be right while making things up. You're on the wrong forum for that.


As if defending the Constitution and the rights of the individual is a bad thing. More proof you are on the wrong forum.

You're not making good points in this thread.

Rand attacked the vote to object to the Electoral votes over fraud and claimed it was a matter of states rights. (to cheat apparently)
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1346936083351793665.html

He also attacked the J6 protestors right in tune with the left.
https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1346919767328882689

Rand botched his campaign on many levels in 2016 and he would do so again, don't pretend it had anything to do with protecting the rights of individuals.

 

[Swordsmyth]

No, I'm still not stupid enough to fall for it when you point a random direction and shout, "Look over there!". No, the one and only person in the world who looked at this thread and said, that looks like a great place to kiss an orange ass today, is the one person who says that about every thread. Gaslighting people won't change that. Being both dishonest and an $#@! about it won't buy you a scrap of plausible deniability.

That's not a highjack and you know it (that's why you deceitfully edited the quote to hide the context), it was a legitimate reply to AC's question about DeSantis connection to the people attacking O'Keefe.

JMDrake and Vita3 hijacked the thread to attack Trump.

 

[devil21]

James O'Keefe to leave Project Veritas following Board dispute
James O'Keefe founded Project Veritas in 2011 and was its CEO. His brand of provocative journalism changed the face of investigative reporting.
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-james-okeefe-to-leave-project-veritas-following-board-dispute
Libby Emmons (20 February 2023)

Founder and CEO of investigative journalism organization Project Veritas is reportely leaving the company he founded in 2011. This comes after some 16 staffers tried to oust him from leadership of his own company, claiming, among other things, that he was difficult to work for and once even stole a sandwich, resulting in a dispute within the Board of Directors.

Neil McCabe of OAN broke the story on Twitter, saying that O'Keefe delivered his resignation in person to his staff at their Mamaroneck, New York office.

https://twitter.com/NeilWMcCabe2/status/1627711907636383745

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After the 16 staffers sent sent the letter to the Project Veritas board of directors in early February, "James O'Keefe IS Project Veritas" began to trend on Twitter. Many supporters and donors all balked at the idea that Veritas could continue without O'Keefe at the helm and prominent conservatives gave their support for O'Keefe.

"The undersigned are troubled and frustrated with James’ management style and business acumen," the letter began. "These behaviors and actons are antithetial to our core values, and it came to a head this week. Most recently, the treatment of Barry Hinckley and Tom O’Hara."

In the letter, the 16 staffers, listed as Michael Villani, Eric Spracklen, Mario Balaban, Jake Mantel, Patrick Van Duyne, Sal Gueli Journalists: Arden Young, Preston Scagnelli, Bobby Harr (Lithium), Bethany Rolando, Joanne Sumner, Gillian Pietrowski, Jonathan Bailey, Joshua Hughes, Nick Mehaj, and Angelo Martinez, say that "James has become a power drunk tyrant and he is exactly who he pontificates on who we should be exposing."

Other statements also cite professional relationships that apparently soured between O'Keefe and others, including an instance where O'Keefe called Spencer Meads a "pussy."

"James went as far as to call Spencer a pussy in Vegas, and Spencer heard him say it. Both of these guys were mission driven and suffered through it. They were raided and James still called Spencer that name - he never forgave them for making a decision to leave for their own mental wellbeing," the letter reads.

Issues cited include that "airing grievances" has led to termination, which has prevented the undersigned from previously speaking up. Lack of transparency in decision making was a concern, as well we O'Keefe being difficult to work with, belligerant, and mean, with "bullying" listed as a concern.

Project Veritas hemmoraged followers in the wake of the news, with staff and board attempting to continue without the man who made the company what it is.

Veritas said that they were confident in their ability to stay the course and continue to deliver on the mission O'Keefe set out for them, whether he was in charge the project or not. Now they are likely to find out.

A Cease and Desist letter went out to the Project Veritas Board of Directors by law firm Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, saying 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 went 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 asked that no money be spent in the meantime.

They said plainly 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."

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. Those have not yet come to pass.

Following a statement released by Project Veritas Executive Director Daniel Strack, Project Veritas retweeted a photo from Robert F Kennedy Jr showing himself with Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe in Santa Monica. "Of course [James O’Keefe] is alive and well. Why wouldn’t he be?" Project Veritas wrote. "We’re sure many of you can agree, there is nothing better than enjoying a well deserved vacation."

The retweet came hours after a statement from Strack on behalf of five board members saying that O’Keefe has not been removed from Project Veritas.

"At Project Veritas, we believe in radical transparency coupled with respect, empathy, and honesty," the statement began. "A few weeks ago, a number of our staff members provided leadership with some verbal feedback describing real management concerns regarding the treatment of people and our internal processes."

Strack wrote that this feedback "prompted the board to solicit feedback from additional staff members," noting that an internal letter was leaked. "The narrative that is being portrayed by referencing this letter is patently false."

"James has not been removed from Project Veritas. Nowhere in that letter was there ever a suggestion to remove James from the organization," the statement continued.

Strack said that more than 16 employees provided feedback, and that "this letter was not the only feedback collected." 16 members signed a letter outlining complaints about O'Keefe's leadership. It was reported that O'Keefe was on paid leave.

"James is the hardest working person I have ever met. Those who know him well know that he will not take time off unless forced to," Strack said.

"The Project Veritas Board of Directors is made up of seasoned and active members of their communities with many years serving on other 501c3 boards. They do not get paid by Project Veritas. They are multi-year donors. They all love James. They are volunteers hand-picked by James," the statement continued. "As a 501c3 non-profit entity, the Board takes their responsibilities seriously."

Strack stated that as Executive Director, "I am an officer of the organization. My role is to manage our team and help create better processes and procedures to help address the concerns of our team, our board and James O'Keefe."

"While I do understand the timing of this situation alongside the biggest story in our organization's history is confusing and very easy to come up with conspiracy theories, I assure you we are still, in no way, and will never be, 'Brought to you by Pfizer.' Nor do we have any political preferences for any candidates running for office," he added.

"I have always been, and remain, committed to working with James and the PV team, who I am so proud to be a part of, to continue our mission to expose corruption and deliver truth to the American people without fear or favor," Strack concluded.

The letter was issued by Strack on behalf of five board members: Steven Alembik, Joseph Barton, John Garvey, George Skakel, and Matthew Tyrmand.

Investigative journalism was changed forever when James O'Keefe walked into an ACORN office in 2009 posing as a pimp, Hannah Giles posing as a prostitute, and exposed workers there actively assisting the duo to set up sex trafficking operations. The workers exposed on video were fired, ACORN lost its government contracts, and the whole operation shut down within a year.

From that investigation, O'Keefe founded Project Veritas, a journalistic enterprise that relies on donations to carry out their work exposing educators, media figures, elected officials, and most recently Pfizer executives giving away information that they never would have if they'd known they were speaking to undercover reporters.

He looks like a young GWB in that pic. Weird. Must be coincidence.

Is hijacking a thread about O'Keefe by viciously attacking Rand Paul really the only excuse you can come up with at this point to kiss that fat orange ass?

DJT and family aren't the only ones who have been profiting from their ongoing grift. The media shill complex built around them have also (remember DJT's "social media summit" at the WH). Most are terrified of the gravy train ending and then having to jump over and restart the grift on a new gravy train of lies or returning to slave obscurity.

 

[acptulsa]

JMDrake and Vita3 hijacked the thread to attack Trump.

Liar.

You dragged Trump into this thread. When you got called for it, because Trump is 100% irrelevant to the topic, you deflected by attacking Rand Paul again. And then they both attacked you. Not Trump. I know you like to fantasize that an attack on you is an attack on Trump, but it's not.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Liar.

You dragged Trump into this thread. When you got called for it, because Trump is 100% irrelevant to the topic, you deflected by attacking Rand Paul again. And then they both attacked you. Not Trump. I know you like to fantasize that an attack on you is an attack on Trump, but it's not.

Your lies won't change the facts.
I casually mentioned Trump as just part of an answer to a question of the DeSantis connection to the PV drama.
It was your TDS friends who change the subject to him.
JMDrake was the one who brought Rand into it.
Accusing the other side of what your side did is poor debating.

 

[acptulsa]

You know, literally anyone can see if there's the slightest truth to your spin by reading the thread, right?