# James O'Keefe is out at Project Veritas **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 20, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-is-out-at-project-veritas/980105 "2023-02-20T21:44:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-is-out-at-project-veritas/980105/1 "2023-02-20T21:44:45Z")
Gift link: [https://wapo.st/3YKzXiF](https://wapo.st/3YKzXiF) > [@](#): > > Project Veritas, the right-wing organization known for its undercover sting operations, has split with James O’Keefe, the group’s founder and chairman, following a bitter management dispute that pulled back the curtain on allegations of workplace misconduct and mismanagement of donor money. > > The group’s executive director, Daniel Strack, informed some staff on Monday that O’Keefe had issued an ultimatum demanding that the board of directors resign for him to stay, according to people familiar with Strack’s account. R.C. Maxwell, a spokesman for Project Veritas, [wrote](https://twitter.com/BlackHannity/status/1627724401327079471?s=20) on Twitter that O’Keefe “was removed from his position as CEO by the Project Veritas board.” My favorite line from the article: O’Keefe accused his rivals in the organization`of “leaking confidential information and fabricating stories.” oh noes, Jimmy. Not that! What sort of slimeball would _leak confidential information_ and _fabricate stories_? ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-is-out-at-project-veritas/980105/2 "2023-02-20T22:06:25Z")
Does he get to keep the pimp clothing? I, for one, am shocked, shocked, at this unexpected turn of events. I can’t believe James O’Keefe would be anything other than an honest, forthright, and stand-up guy. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-is-out-at-project-veritas/980105/3 "2023-02-20T22:26:38Z")
Me, I was surprised both he and the outfit (Project Veritas, not the pimp threads) were still around. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-is-out-at-project-veritas/980105/4 "2023-02-20T23:07:03Z")
Pimps up, flies down? “Toward the end of his remarks to staff, O’Keefe choked up as he thanked his parents, recalling how he founded Project Veritas, 13 years ago, from his father’s carriage house.” Oh, you _poor_ fellow. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-is-out-at-project-veritas/980105/5 "2023-02-20T23:33:30Z")
There is so much crazy in the head of James O’keefe. My better angel wants to feel pity for him, but the stuff he does is not harmless. I just want to cry every time I hear about a group like his raising millions. I hate to see what he’ll do next. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-is-out-at-project-veritas/980105/6 "2023-02-20T23:35:40Z")
Mismanagement of donor money. I thought everyone understood that was what happened when one donates to Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-is-out-at-project-veritas/980105/7 "2023-02-21T17:08:25Z")
The problem was he tried to keep all the grift to himself rather than sharing it with his colleagues. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-is-out-at-project-veritas/980105/8 "2023-02-21T17:13:32Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > oh noes, Jimmy. Not that! What sort of slimeball would _leak confidential information_ and _fabricate stories_? “I never thought the leopards would eat _my_ face”, says man who hired a bunch of leopards and taught them all he knew about the eating of faces. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-is-out-at-project-veritas/980105/9 "2023-02-21T17:58:19Z")
> [@Stanislaus](#): > > “I never thought the leopards would eat _my_ face”, says man who hired a bunch of leopards and taught them all he knew about the eating of faces. This works perfectly, if you’re still suspicious that the man was actually a leopard currently eating your face. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-is-out-at-project-veritas/980105/10 "2023-02-21T18:32:21Z")
_New York_ magazine is posting that the details of what actually happened are being contested by Veritas, although it’s mostly “you can’t fire me, I quit” from his side. > **[How James O’Keefe Lost the Project Veritas Civil War](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/02/project-veritas-has-forced-out-james-okeefe.html)** > > He’s out and the messy breakup has left the organization in turmoil and its future in serious doubt. That article has multiple links to earlier stories on the power war going on inside the organization, and O’Keefe’s battles with the law breathing down his neck. Excellent for schadenfreude. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-is-out-at-project-veritas/980105/11 "2023-02-21T19:08:40Z")
To seek inner peace through all this, o’Keefe has gone hiking with Bobby Kennedy Jr., according to the article. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-is-out-at-project-veritas/980105/12 "2023-02-21T19:37:22Z")
On the Appalachian Trail, no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-is-out-at-project-veritas/980105/13 "2023-02-21T22:56:02Z")
That’s over in Argentina, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-is-out-at-project-veritas/980105/14 "2023-02-25T01:20:50Z")
This is the most tragic breakup since America’s Frontline Doctors split with Simone Gold. > **[COVID-Denying Medical Group Implodes Over Founder’s Extravagant Spending](https://www.thedailybeast.com/covid-misinformation-group-americas-frontline-doctors-implodes-over-dr-simone-golds-extravagant-spending)** > > Dr. Simone Gold is one of America’s foremost purveyors of bogus COVID cures. She’s used the money on a mansion, private jet trips, and her underwear-model boyfriend. > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > To seek inner peace through all this, o’Keefe has gone hiking with Bobby Kennedy Jr., according to the article. Should’ve joined Aaron Rodgers at his darkness retreat. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-is-out-at-project-veritas/980105/15 "2023-02-25T22:59:23Z")
Dammit, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-is-out-at-project-veritas/980105/16 "2023-02-26T14:10:04Z")
Has this guy ever had the shit beaten out of him? I don’t advocate for violence, so I wouldn’t encourage it, but this guy almost demands it. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-is-out-at-project-veritas/980105/17 "2023-02-26T17:20:25Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Has this guy ever had the shit beaten out of him? He did once accuse a person of assault for grabbing a book he was holding then throwing it at him. > **[James O’Keefe “Assaulted” in Entertaining New Video](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2013/08/james-o-keefe-and-jim-letten-project-veritas-provocateur-accuses-former-u-s-attorney-of-minor-assault.html)** > > The Times-Picayune has a nice recap of “journalist provocateur” James O’Keefe’s latest stunt. It’s not nearly as ambitious as his Planned Parenthood,...