James O’Keefe Is on Paid Leave From Project Veritas

[Timber Rattler]

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/02/james-okeefe-project-veritas-paid-leave.html

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, said that O’Keefe would be taking “a few weeks of well-deserved PTO.” An image of the message was shared by a source familiar with the organization’s internal operations, and its authenticity was confirmed by a current employee. When reached for comment on his personal cell phone, O’Keefe said nothing in response and did not respond to follow-up calls and text messages. Through a Project Veritas spokesman, Strack later released a statement on behalf of the organization. “Like all newsrooms at this stage, the Project Veritas Board of Directors and Management are constantly evaluating what the best path forward is for the organization,” the statement read in part. It did not directly address questions about O’Keefe’s employment status. “There are 65+ employees at Project Veritas dedicated to continuing the mission to expose corruption, dishonesty, waste, fraud, and other misconduct in both public and private institutions,” the statement read. “To our supporters: We hear you, we care about you, and we will never give up.”

O’Keefe is his organization’s guiding ideological force and onscreen face, but his status as its day-to-day manager has become uncertain amid reports of internal turmoil, lawsuits from former employees, leaks about its internal workings, and a federal investigation into its conduct in purchasing a diary stolen from Ashley Biden, the president’s daughter. Strack’s internal message to employees made reference to what he called “a distracting time” and said that a board meeting had been held to discuss “the health of the organization” and that while “we have not come up with final solutions yet we have made a few immediate decisions.” The message said two top Project Veritas executives, including the nonprofit’s chief financial officer, had been “reinstated.” Multiple sources said that the pair had recently been fired by O’Keefe.

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[catfish1957]

He just blew the lid off with one of their biggest under cover block busters yet, with Pfizer, and he's being reprimanded?

Something strange is going on, and isn't making sense.

[Right_in_Virginia]

James O’Keefe Is on Paid Leave From Project Veritas
Intelligencer, Feb 8, 2023

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, said that O’Keefe would be taking “a few weeks of well-deserved PTO.” An image of the message was shared by a source familiar with the organization’s internal operations, and its authenticity was confirmed by a current employee. When reached for comment on his personal cell phone, O’Keefe said nothing in response and did not respond to follow-up calls and text messages.

Through a Project Veritas spokesman, Strack later released a statement on behalf of the organization. “Like all newsrooms at this stage, the Project Veritas Board of Directors and Management are constantly evaluating what the best path forward is for the organization,” the statement read in part. It did not directly address questions about O’Keefe’s employment status. “There are 65+ employees at Project Veritas dedicated to continuing the mission to expose corruption, dishonesty, waste, fraud, and other misconduct in both public and private institutions,” the statement read. “To our supporters: We hear you, we care about you, and we will never give up.”

O’Keefe is his organization’s guiding ideological force and onscreen face, but his status as its day-to-day manager has become uncertain amid reports of internal turmoil, lawsuits from former employees, leaks about its internal workings, and a federal investigation into its conduct in purchasing a diary stolen from Ashley Biden, the president’s daughter. Strack’s internal message to employees made reference to what he called “a distracting time” and said that a board meeting had been held to discuss “the health of the organization” and that while “we have not come up with final solutions yet we have made a few immediate decisions.” The message said two top Project Veritas executives, including the nonprofit’s chief financial officer, had been “reinstated.” Multiple sources said that the pair had recently been fired by O’Keefe.


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[Smokin Joe]

He just blew the lid off with one of their biggest under cover block busters yet, with Pfizer, and he's being reprimanded?

Something strange is going on, and isn't making sense.

Agreed.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Hard to know much at this point.  Thereay be some stuff that has happened that we don't know about.

[Cyber Liberty]

Hard to know much at this point.  Thereay be some stuff that has happened that we don't know about.

Maybe he pinched a girl's butt when he was 17.

[catfish1957]

Maybe he pinched a girl's butt when he was 17.

When all the facts come out what Pfizer did, it might be one of the biggest politico-business scandals in history.  The powers that be, might even be a lot more powerful than we realize when the moths get too close to the flame.

I think O'Keefe might have gotten into the Matrix like guys with suits and sunglasses territory with this one, and shit happened.

[Wingnut]

Maybe he pinched a girl's butt when he was 17.

Or a boy's butt./s

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Maybe he pinched a girl's butt when he was 17.

The thing is, he apparently isn't talking either.  If it was a complete railroad job with no basis, you'd think he'd say something.  Or maybe he's just waiting because he thinks it's nothing and will blow over.

I'm not saying it's justified, and I'm not saying it isn't.  I'm just saying that it might be smarter to wait for more information before jumping to conclusions.

[catfish1957]

The thing is, he apparently isn't talking either.  If it was a complete railroad job with no basis, you'd think he'd say something.  Or maybe he's just waiting because he thinks it's nothing and will blow over.

I'm not saying it's justified, and I'm not saying it isn't.  I'm just saying that it might be smarter to wait for more information before jumping to conclusions.

Agree, and I sure hope it isn't a career buster.  He's the best we've had since his mentor Brietbart.

[roamer_1]

The thing is, he apparently isn't talking either. 

He may be merely contractually bound. 

[rustynail]

https://twitter.com/shipwreckedcrew/status/1623745790710792192

[catfish1957]

He may be merely contractually bound. 

I am also guessing maybe one the most powerful companies in the world right now (Pfizer) is threatening the full wrath of their legal might at the Koch Brothers,  who pretty much underwrite Project Vetias' efforts, and this might be a way of  reining in  O'Keefe's work. 

I know that's  a tad out there.   But we are living in a world where what used to be conspiraicy theorist ideas are now becoming more "common-place" than tin foil.

[catfish1957]

https://twitter.com/shipwreckedcrew/status/1623745790710792192

Yeah, I forgot about the Pedo POTUS and the smoking gun of him showering with his daughter. 

That might get the sunglassed Matrixed guys after you too.

[Mod2]

Merged threads

[roamer_1]

I am also guessing maybe one the most powerful companies in the world right now (Pfizer) is threatening the full wrath of their legal might at the Koch Brothers,  who pretty much underwrite Project Vetias' efforts, and this might be a way of  reining in  O'Keefe's work. 

I know that's  a tad out there.   But we are living in a world where what used to be conspiraicy theorist ideas are now becoming more "common-place" than tin foil.

No... It's speculative, but certainly not that far 'out there'...

As of right now, there's a clamp on it, so until there's more information, everything is speculative.

I just can't read that either direction, because in my experience, boilerplate contracts always bend toward non-disclosure, and keep disagreements and such in-house, or outsourced to privacy-minded neutral parties.

So unless someone squeaks, it's all a big, fat, null (as in coding, redirect to nothing...). 

[Cyber Liberty]

The thing is, he apparently isn't talking either.  If it was a complete railroad job with no basis, you'd think he'd say something.  Or maybe he's just waiting because he thinks it's nothing and will blow over.

I'm not saying it's justified, and I'm not saying it isn't.  I'm just saying that it might be smarter to wait for more information before jumping to conclusions.

All true....I was being a wiseguy.

[massadvj]

It is hard to imagine Project Veritas without O'Keefe.  I don't think this is about the Pfizer case. I think there is concern on the board's part about other legal exposure (ie, the diary or the numerous lawsuits they face). Without O'Keefe PV would be a shell of its former self, just as Breitbart is.

[DefiantMassRINO]

If Project Veritas did not purchase Ashely Biden's diary, the National Enquirer would have.

They're ditching O'Keefe because he's bringing down too much heat on the organization from the Federal Government.  This might be a good topic for the Weaponization of FBI House Committee.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

He may be merely contractually bound. 

Could be, but I'd be shocked if there was anything tight enough to prevent him from telling his side of this after its all over.  That is, unless he signs a major severance that includes confidentiality.

So if he really thought he was getting screwed, he likely would refuse severance and just fight it.

[verga]

 

[roamer_1]

Could be, but I'd be shocked if there was anything tight enough to prevent him from telling his side of this after its all over.  That is, unless he signs a major severance that includes confidentiality.

So if he really thought he was getting screwed, he likely would refuse severance and just fight it.

Well yeah... But the key there is 'when it's all over'... All I am saying is that until more info shakes out, this thing is going down a corporate black hole... I can smell it.

No doubt the truth will out. Just not now. 

[mountaineer]

Tim Pool
@Timcast
BREAKING: @TimcastNews has obtained the letter from Veritas Employees stating grievances over @JamesOKeefeIII.
Interestingly a note says that many signees never witnessed or experienced any abuse.
A Source refutes the claims implying its a coup.
2:19 PM · Feb 9, 2023

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
Published: February 09, 2023
By Hannah Claire Brimelow

A group of 16 Project Veritas employees asked the non-profit’s board of directors to remove founder James O’Keefe in a letter exposing internal tensions within the organization.

The group claims O’Keefe’s management style and business operations are “antithetical” to the organization’s core values.

Timcast obtained a copy of the letter sent to the Project Veritas Board of Directors, Project Veritas Action and the organization’s executive management. The 11-page document included anonymous reports from witnesses and second-hand accounts of a “pattern of behavior” that “severely limit(s)” the staff’s “ability to execute the PV mission.”  ...

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Sounds like PV let a liberal fox into the henhouse, and that person now is trying to destroy everything O'Keefe created.

[Kamaji]

Tim Pool
@Timcast
BREAKING: @TimcastNews has obtained the letter from Veritas Employees stating grievances over @JamesOKeefeIII.
Interestingly a note says that many signees never witnessed or experienced any abuse.
A Source refutes the claims implying its a coup.
2:19 PM · Feb 9, 2023More

Sounds like PV let a liberal fox into the henhouse, and that person now is trying to destroy everything O'Keefe created.

I was thinking that very same thing.

[catfish1957]

Tim Pool
@Timcast
BREAKING: @TimcastNews has obtained the letter from Veritas Employees stating grievances over @JamesOKeefeIII.
Interestingly a note says that many signees never witnessed or experienced any abuse.
A Source refutes the claims implying its a coup.
2:19 PM · Feb 9, 2023More

Sounds like PV let a liberal fox into the henhouse, and that person now is trying to destroy everything O'Keefe created.

A coup against O'Keefe?

That is about the dumbest thing I have ever heard.  O'Keefe is Project Vertias.  It's his brainchild, tactics, contacts, and networks.  Without him, they are history.  He ought just let it play out, and start anew, with new underwriting. 

This is 10 levels of dumb, if you ask me.