Project Veritas head James O'Keefe accused the American Federation of Teachers of launching a "horrifying attack on free speech" by threatening to sue the conservative muckraking outfit if it publishes any material it obtained during an undercover investigation of the union. AFT president Randi Weingarten made the pledge despite a federal judge dropping an injunction the union's Michigan chapter had earlier filed against Project Veritas.
Calling the original lawsuit "ridiculous" O'Keefe said in an email to supporters Friday, "[Y]ou have to ask yourself the question: why is Randi Weingarten so hell-bent on silencing Project Veritas, before we’ve even released a single word about our investigation into the AFT? What is going on behind closed doors at the AFT that Weingarten is so determined to keep hidden from the American public?"
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