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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: Timber Rattler on February 09, 2023, 03:09:41 am
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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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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.
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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.
More: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/02/james-okeefe-project-veritas-paid-leave.html?utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s1
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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.
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Hard to know much at this point. Thereay be some stuff that has happened that we don't know about.
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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.
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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.
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Maybe he pinched a girl's butt when he was 17.
Or a boy's butt./s
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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.
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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.
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The thing is, he apparently isn't talking either.
He may be merely contractually bound. :shrug:
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https://twitter.com/shipwreckedcrew/status/1623745790710792192
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He may be merely contractually bound. :shrug:
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.
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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.
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Merged threads
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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...). :shrug:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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He may be merely contractually bound. :shrug:
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.
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:bkmk:
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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. :shrug:
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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, 2023James 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.” ...
More (https://timcast.com/news/james-okeefe-accused-of-erratic-behavior-by-16-project-veritas-employees/)
Sounds like PV let a liberal fox into the henhouse, and that person now is trying to destroy everything O'Keefe created.
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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 (https://timcast.com/news/james-okeefe-accused-of-erratic-behavior-by-16-project-veritas-employees/)
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.
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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 (https://timcast.com/news/james-okeefe-accused-of-erratic-behavior-by-16-project-veritas-employees/)
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.
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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.
If PV has been infiltrated by liberals, that may very well be their end-game - destruction of PV.
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Twitter thread on the subject with interesting tidbits (especially with regards to COO Hinckley).
https://twitter.com/OldRowSwig/status/1623528200486649856
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http://twitter.com/OldRowSwig/status/1624093174988693504
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I go where James goes...
Any organization that is not 100% conservative slowly goes liberal... and that ticks me off.
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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 (https://timcast.com/news/james-okeefe-accused-of-erratic-behavior-by-16-project-veritas-employees/)
Sounds like PV let a liberal fox into the henhouse, and that person now is trying to destroy everything O'Keefe created.
From above's press release , out of the about 10 scenarios we speculated about, I thinking and guessing that @mountaineer won the office pool, and this is the smoking gun.
I hope the culprit has walked the plank.
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From above's press release , out of the about 10 scenarios we speculated about, I thinking and guessing that @mountaineer won the office pool, and this is the smoking gun.
I hope the culprit has walked the plank.
:thumbsup:
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Interesting that the PV letter/statement today mentions JO'K being forced to take time off, and then never definitely says if he is in or out of the organization currently, one way or the other.
It's very carefully written.
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Interesting that the PV letter/statement today mentions JO'K being forced to take time off, and then never definitely says if he is in or out of the organization currently, one way or the other.
It's very carefully written.
@Timber Rattler
In the third paragraph (counting the first sentence as the first paragraph as well), the letter states "James has not been removed from Project Veritas."
I would say that's fairly definitive.
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@Timber Rattler
In the third paragraph (counting the first sentence as the first paragraph as well), the letter states "James has not been removed from Project Veritas."
I would say that's fairly definitive.
I don't know...having worked with lawyers on and off myself through the years, "has not been removed" sounds somewhat slippery to me.
So where is he?
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I don't know...having worked with lawyers on and off myself through the years, "has not been removed" sounds somewhat slippery to me.
So where is he?
If he was an officer or director before the current kerfuffle, and he hasn't been removed, then he is still in the same position he is in now.
TBPH, if allegations of misconduct have been made, it would only make sense to have him take a few days off away from the office - and away from the alleged complainants - for the board to make an investigation. That doesn't, however, ipso facto mean that he has been removed from office or otherwise relieved of his duties.
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If he was an officer or director before the current kerfuffle, and he hasn't been removed, then he is still in the same position he is in now.
TBPH, if allegations of misconduct have been made, it would only make sense to have him take a few days off away from the office - and away from the alleged complainants - for the board to make an investigation. That doesn't, however, ipso facto mean that he has been removed from office or otherwise relieved of his duties.
I mentioned several posts ago that James O'Keefe is PV. If this silly coup would have worked, all he would had to do is find new under-writers, call his new organziation Project "Up Yours", and had identical success.
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FpCGzpZXEAE6JmN?format=jpg&name=medium)
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I mentioned several posts ago that James O'Keefe is PV. If this silly coup would have worked, all he would had to do is find new under-writers, call his new organziation Project "Up Yours", and had identical success.
Most likely.
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Here's a Twitter thread on the matter...looks like I'm not the only one who's suspicious. Perhaps the coup attempt failed and PV is in damage control mode now? So why is J'oK not the one making these statements if all is well?
https://twitter.com/Project_Veritas/status/1625904035705368588/photo/1
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Here's a Twitter thread on the matter...looks like I'm not the only one who's suspicious. Perhaps the coup attempt failed and PV is in damage control mode now? So why is J'oK not the one making these statements if all is well?
https://twitter.com/Project_Veritas/status/1625904035705368588/photo/1
Perhaps to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.
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ReporterMcCabe
@NeilWMcCabe2
Exclusive: @JamesOKeefeIII, my friend and former boss at @Project_Veritas, just read his resignation letter to his former team and board members at their Mamaroneck, N.Y. headquarters. James will make his own way—as he always has before. @OANN
11:48 AM · Feb 20, 2023
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ReporterMcCabe
@NeilWMcCabe2
Exclusive: @JamesOKeefeIII, my friend and former boss at @Project_Veritas, just read his resignation letter to his former team and board members at their Mamaroneck, N.Y. headquarters. James will make his own way—as he always has before. @OANN
11:48 AM · Feb 20, 2023
Interesting. Project Veritas - but not its spirit - will collapse; its spirit will continue in another form.
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ReporterMcCabe
@NeilWMcCabe2
Exclusive: @JamesOKeefeIII, my friend and former boss at @Project_Veritas, just read his resignation letter to his former team and board members at their Mamaroneck, N.Y. headquarters. James will make his own way—as he always has before. @OANN
11:48 AM · Feb 20, 2023
Wow
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So there is still nothing on what actually happened?
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O'Keefe just flopped his junk on the table.
Just checked the PV twitter and website, and there is no mention of O'Keefe resigning. The website still has all their stuff up about O'Keefe, so it looks like this caught them by surprise, and my guess this is something the Board as a whole neither wanted nor anticipated. Likely some internal power play to reduce his authority, and he called their bluff by resigning.
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I believe timcast.com has the story.
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I believe timcast.com has the story.
Conflicting reports about whether he voluntarily resigned or was fired (or told to resign or else):
https://timcast.com/news/james-okeefe-out-from-project-veritas-after-being-placed-on-paid-leave-by-the-board/
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BREAKING VIDEO: James O'Keefe addresses Project Veritas staff as he exits from the organization he founded following a high-profile board dispute. "Our mission continues on. I'm not done. The mission will perhaps take on a new name..."
https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1627743289033240576
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Wow. PV is toast now.
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FULL VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JPxqKjYG9Q
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Longer video:
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1627758482123374592
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Wow. PV is toast now.
Yup.
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Wonder if there is non-compete built into the contract...
They gotta figger they have him roped out, or they would not do this...
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The board is about to get a reality check. They just nuked themselves...
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Wonder if there is non-compete built into the contract...
They gotta figger they have him roped out, or they would not do this...
Hard to get one of those out of the founder but it is possible.
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I'd bet a majority of Project Veritas donors just left and are pissed. They'll even be more willing to take down those who betrayed them - and they have the power to.
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I'd bet a majority of Project Veritas donors just left and are pissed. They'll even be more willing to take down those who betrayed them - and they have the power to.
There is a mass exodus of Followers on Twitter from PV underway, to his personal account @jamesokeefeIII. I am quite sure the donors are doing so as well.
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There is a mass exodus of Followers on Twitter from PV underway, to his personal account @jamesokeefeIII. I am quite sure the donors are doing so as well.
Yup.
https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/project_veritas
Down -79,020 Followers within the last few hours.
Meanwhile at jamesokeefeiii...
https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/jamesokeefeiii
Up +31,499 during the same time frame.
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Figure O'Keefe to continue, just not as PV.
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Figure O'Keefe to continue, just not as PV.
When James is done with the board, it may well continue to be PV. When he and his lawyers dig deep into the motivation of the board, it is going to be explosive and could well be criminal.
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Wonder if there is non-compete built into the contract...
They gotta figger they have him roped out, or they would not do this...
I doubt there was a non-compete on the front end given that he founded the company, and he reportedly rejected any severance which is how non-competes on the tail-end usually get added. I don't think they wanted him to quit. They wanted to keep his name associated with the organization but massively reduce his responsibilities/authority. So when he said "no way" and quit, there's nothing they can do to stop him from competing against them.
I've contributed to Project Veritas, but no longer. When he gets something else up and running, I'll probably start sending it to that.
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Yup.
https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/project_veritas
Down -79,020 Followers within the last few hours.
Now down 102K
Meanwhile at jamesokeefeiii...
https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/jamesokeefeiii
Up +31,499 during the same time frame.
Up 42K
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I've contributed to Project Veritas, but no longer. When he gets something else up and running, I'll probably start sending it to that.
Me too. happy77 :beer:
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I don't know...having worked with lawyers on and off myself through the years, "has not been removed" sounds somewhat slippery to me.
So where is he?
And as suspected, the PV Board was lying through it's teeth in that letter two weeks ago...never trust weasel words.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2023/02/20/james-okeefe-and-project-veritas-part-ways-following-board-dust-up-n2619760
The PV Board's latest statement:
https://www.projectveritas.com/news/statement-from-the-project-veritas-board-of-directors/?fbclid=IwAR3wrwYW267M3kTn-XG3CHMQLhjqfJxs-mydg7TwzdNYp91NMesnd4OclpE
It's really all about the donors and the $$$$$...
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Project Veritas claimed James O’Keefe risked group’s nonprofit status
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/21/james-okeefe-project-veritas-irs-nonprofit/
James O’Keefe’s departure from Project Veritas, the right-wing organization known for conducting undercover sting operations, came after the board of directors claimed to staff that O’Keefe had endangered the group’s nonprofit status, according to documents and people familiar with the situation.
In a memo sent to employees last week, the board warned, “THERE IS NO PROJECT VERITAS WITHOUT THE IRS,” referring to the Internal Revenue Service, which regulates nonprofits.
Project Veritas is registered under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code, meaning it cannot engage in politics or operate for the benefit of private interests. In exchange, the group is exempt from paying federal income taxes and disclosing its donors, allowing it to build a reservoir of financial support as it seeks to expose alleged wrongdoing by journalists, liberals, labor unions and others. Project Veritas reported raising about $21 million in 2021, the most recent year for which a public filing is available.
“Donors donate to our organization in part because of the Tax Deduction available to the donor,” the board members wrote in the memo, which was obtained by The Washington Post. If the tax deduction were no longer available, the board members warned, “the organization folds, and with it go our employees.”
O’Keefe, who exited the organization on Monday after a standoff with the board, did not respond to requests for comment.
The memo declared that board members moved earlier this month to suspend him because of concerns related to the organization’s bylaws and, by extension, its good standing with the IRS. It stated that O’Keefe’s attempt to fire the group’s chief financial officer, Tom O’Hara, was in violation of Project Veritas bylaws, which spell out that, “Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors with or without cause.”
Excerpt.
Then what's the point of PV? And how many liberal 501c3's engage in partisan behavior?
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Interesting article: https://thelibertydaily.com/ny-young-republican-club-suspends-matthew-tyrmand-likely-mastermind-of-james-okeefes-ousting-from-project-veritas/
Apparently, a member of the NY young republicans may have been complicit in the coup against OKeefe.
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Interesting article: https://thelibertydaily.com/ny-young-republican-club-suspends-matthew-tyrmand-likely-mastermind-of-james-okeefes-ousting-from-project-veritas/
Apparently, a member of the NY young republicans may have been complicit in the coup against OKeefe.
Tyrmand is the Board chairman and backstabbing "friend" of O'Keefe who did the hatchet work.
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He just blew the lid off with one of their biggest under cover block busters yet, with Pfizer, and he's being reprimanded?
@catfish1957
Did you really expect anything else?
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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.
@Maj. Bill Martin
In cases like this it is,IMNSHO,wise to say NOTHING until after all the charges have been made public.
That way you are not having to fight changing charges. Let them put THEIR cards on the table first so you know what you are dealing with,and how to deal with it.
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I expect OKeefe and crew to lay waste to the board with extreme prejudice.
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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.
@DefiantMassRINO
Good observation!
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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked email shows Project Veritas begging donors to stay after removing James O'Keefe
https://thepostmillennial.com/exclusive-leaked-email-shows-project-veritas-begging-donors-to-stay-after-removing-james-okeefe?cfp
An email obtained by The Post Millennial shows that Project Veritas has reached out to donors to ask them to stay with the company despite founder and CEO James O'Keefe having been pushed out by the board of directors. Project Veritas is a not-for-profit operating entirely on the generosity of donors.
"We hope that you might continue to give us a chance," the email says, pleading with donors. "We can't stress how separate the board's role is from daily operations here at PV. We are still grinding and pursuing stories of great public importance."
The email, sent by Bethany Rolando, who was one of the 16 signers of a letter sent to the Board of Directors reporting personal grievances against O'Keefe, offers the subject line "Update: We hold everyone accountable, especially ourselves."
"We understand and share your frustrations," the email reads. "We all love and respect James and hope he returns. This is difficult for everyone."
Excerpt.
Sounds like the enormity of what they did to themselves has finally set in.
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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked email shows Project Veritas begging donors to stay after removing James O'Keefe
https://thepostmillennial.com/exclusive-leaked-email-shows-project-veritas-begging-donors-to-stay-after-removing-james-okeefe?cfp
Excerpt.
Sounds like the enormity of what they did to themselves has finally set in.
The well worn rule of society of :
actions = consequences
I've been stuck on musical analogies lately so..... This is kind of like the band "The Revolution" getting together and firing Prince. O'Keefe is PV.
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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked email shows Project Veritas begging donors to stay after removing James O'Keefe
https://thepostmillennial.com/exclusive-leaked-email-shows-project-veritas-begging-donors-to-stay-after-removing-james-okeefe?cfp
Excerpt.
Sounds like the enormity of what they did to themselves has finally set in.
I don't think they wanted/expected him to quit. Figured he'd be okay with a loss of authority as long as he kept his office, title, and compensation. He obviously wasn't. My guess is that they are trying desperately behind the scenes to patch things up and convince him to return, and he's having none of it.
They're screwed.
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I don't think they wanted/expected him to quit. Figured he'd be okay with a loss of authority as long as he kept his office, title, and compensation. He obviously wasn't. My guess is that they are trying desperately behind the scenes to patch things up and convince him to return, and he's having none of it.
They're screwed.
This is not uncommon in the corporate world. The CFO thinks he is smarter than the CEO, plus he knows where all the bodies are buried. So he attempts some sort of coup. The CEO gets wind of it and fires the CFO. Then the board steps in and decides to oust the CEO and elevate the CFO to the CEO spot. Or not, depending on who controls the board. I have seen this very thing on boards I have personally sat on. In my case the CFO lost the battle and lost his job because a board member who had been encouraging him to instigate the coup turned out to be a spy for the CEO (no, it wasn't me). It can be a very treacherous business.
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This is not uncommon in the corporate world. The CFO thinks he is smarter than the CEO, plus he knows where all the bodies are buried. So he attempts some sort of coup. The CEO gets wind of it and fires the CFO. Then the board steps in and decides to oust the CEO and elevate the CFO to the CEO spot. Or not, depending on who controls the board. I have seen this very thing on boards I have personally sat on. In my case the CFO lost the battle and lost his job because a board member who had been encouraging him to instigate the coup turned out to be a spy for the CEO (no, it wasn't me). It can be a very treacherous business.
@massadvj
Sounds like high school with real consequences.
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@massadvj
Sounds like high school with real consequences.
Yep.
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The interpersonal crap that goes on in even large companies is incredible.
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"BREAKING: The Whistleblowers of Project Veritas released new video standing with James O'Keefe" (Video)
https://mobile.twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1629121634203320321
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Wonder if there is non-compete built into the contract...
They gotta figger they have him roped out, or they would not do this...
Where is Project Veritas incorporated?
If it's New York (doubtful, but possible) or a few other states, you can't put non-compete clauses in anymore.
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Project Veritas claimed James O’Keefe risked group’s nonprofit status
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/21/james-okeefe-project-veritas-irs-nonprofit/
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Then what's the point of PV? And how many liberal 501c3's engage in partisan behavior?
THAT sounds like the (weaponized) IRS paid someone a visit and said "Nice organization you got here..."
Does Pfizer have that much clout that it could pull those strings (directly or indirectly)?
Maybe some other outfit not yet in the spotlight?