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Investigative journalist and founder of political watchdog group Project Veritas James O’Keefe has been placed on paid leave until the company’s board of directors can decide whether to remove him from his leadership role.
News of the potential ouster was reported by New York Magazine’s Intelligencer Wednesday night, with sources inside Veritas revealing a message sent to staffers from executive director Daniel Strack asserting O’Keefe would take “a few weeks of well-deserved PTO.”
More on Strack’s message from Intelligencer:
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’s potential suspension comes as Veritas has taken on pharmaceutical giant Pfizer over comments from an executive director on mutating viruses, and as it faces an uphill battle with the federal government over its receipt of Ashley Biden’s diary.
In internal Slack communications also obtained by Intelligencer, Strack claims the company has been going through “a distracting time” and revealed a prior board meeting discussed “the health of the organization,” additionally noting, “we have not come up with final solutions yet we have made a few immediate decisions.”
“A meeting of the Project Veritas board is scheduled for Friday, when O’Keefe’s potential removal is set to be discussed, according to one source familiar with the matter,” reports Intelligencer.
Meanwhile, rumors online claim the “coup” against O’Keefe is being waged by vindictive Veritas executives like Barry Hinckley (who was reportedly previously fired by O’Keefe, but then reinstated, and who lists “he/him” pronouns in a LinkedIn bio), and could be orchestrated by sinister forces outside of the company.
Read a thread by @OldRowSwig on the recent internal proceedings at Veritas, as conveyed by an inside source:
But what is happening to James O'Keefe is unconscionable and the attempted hostile takeover of @Project_Veritas needs to be stood against by its supporters. THIS WILL NOT STAND.
— Swig
(@OldRowSwig) February 9, 2023
According to my source, this situation has allowed to 2 alleged ringleaders of this attempt to push James out to have significant sway over the others despite their reasons to be essentially meritless.
— Swig
SOURCE: "The board held a six and a half hour struggle session vs James where they subjected him to constant derision and insults. At the insistence of Tyrmand, O’Hara, and Hinckley;
— Swig
"It was literally a stalinesque kangaroo court trial. The thing that is so very profound to me that no one seems to grasp: John Garvey and the rest of the Board did NOTHING to stop it. Matt Tyrmand had it all scripted. All six fucking hours."
— Swig
My source believes that with enough public support, @JamesOKeefeIII could win back support of the 501c4 board, so PLEASE RT and voice your support in a POSITIVE WAY.
James O'Keefe has done more to expose corporate corruption than almost any journalist in modern history!!!
— Swig
If @JamesOKeefeIII leaves, I will no longer support @Project_Veritas and will support whichever venture he starts instead. My source says that the rank and file employees are STILL WITH JAMES, the board needs to realize PV will likely not survive if the go through with this!
— Swig
Another online researcher dug into Hinckley, claiming he joined on as Veritas’ Chief Strategy Officer a mere four months ago, before going on to seek a signed letter from several Veritas employees declaring O’Keefe a “power-drunk tyrant,” at which point O’Keefe fired him for insubordination.
2/PROJECT VERITAS MUTINY
Barry Hinckley is the heir to the Hinckley Yachts family, a failed Senate candidate from Rhode Island, and CEO of a failed company that called itself the Airbnb of private house parties. Why did he attack @JamesOKeefeIII in just four months? pic.twitter.com/UyOElUwRfM
— @amuse (@amuse) February 9, 2023
4/PROJECT VERITAS MUTINY
Barry Hinckley recruited 11 other @Project_Veritas employees to sign a letter declaring @JamesOKeefeIII a “power-drunk tyrant" which he presumably sent to PV's board of directors in an effort to oust him from the company. pic.twitter.com/hlxPLmmNTt
— @amuse (@amuse) February 9, 2023
6/PROJECT VERITAS MUTINY
New York Magazine is reporting that @Project_Veritas' board of directors has put @JamesOKeefeIII on paid leave and rehired the turncoats.https://t.co/rP7T39ybvF
— @amuse (@amuse) February 9, 2023
8/PROJECT VERITAS MUTINY
The decision to put @JamesOKeefeIII on paid leave seems to have been Daniel Strack, PV's Executive Director. Strack was unceremoniously pushed out of Goldman Sachs as an MD after just 3 years.https://t.co/6iirF9MTLB
— @amuse (@amuse) February 9, 2023
10/PROJECT VERITAS MUTINY
More details on the effort to silence James O'Keefe:https://t.co/VSPCxy8CZE
— @amuse (@amuse) February 9, 2023
Whatever the real reason behind the coup is, O’Keefe is in the fight for his life as he struggles to maintain control of the organization he built from the ground up, and he can use all the support he can get.
H/t: TheLibertyDaily.com
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