Leaks Free Speech: O'Keefe Media Group Launches After Project Veritas, Seeks Sponsors

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James O’Keefe Announces New Project After Project Veritas Ouster

Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe has announced a new media project.

The O’Keefe Media Group was unveiled on March 15, about three weeks
after O’Keefe resigned from Project Veritas following a suspension and
probe into his spending practices.

“We’re going to be sending cameras into the hands of hundreds of
people,” O’Keefe said on Real America’s Voice. “We’re going to be
creating a citizen army of journalists.”

Project Veritas staffers and its board had maintained that O’Keefe
could return to the organization, but O’Keefe is instead forging a new
path.

The Project Veritas founder said that a “small, tight-knit group” of
“elite journalists” has remained by his side and is joining in the new
venture.

“They have awakened a sleeping giant,” O’Keefe said in a promotional
video. “I’m back.”

The business model is based on donations that will directly sponsor
cameras. Tiers run from $19.99 a month to $5,000 a year.

“Let’s build this army and keep every statehouse, every city council,
every school board and everywhere people are conspiring to keep power,
proactive favoritism or line their pockets with tax dollars!” O’Keefe
said on Twitter. “Become a founding member today!”
Exit

O’Keefe exited Project Veritas, which he founded in 2010, on Feb. 20.

O’Keefe was suspended by the organization’s board of directors as it
investigated allegations of financial malfeasance and abuse. A
preliminary probe showed O’Keefe “has spent an excessive amount of
donor funds in the last three years on personal luxuries,” the board
said.

The board said it did not remove O’Keefe but he said he was forced out
because he no longer had any authority.

The move divided staffers, some of whom had threated to leave if
O’Keefe’s alleged conduct was not addressed. Others supported O’Keefe
and have moved to the new group.

“We will never replace James O’Keefe. But for now, we see it as our
job to hold the torch for him while keeping the door wide open for his
return,” staffers said in a statement.

Project Veritas, which specializes in undercover recordings, published
an expose of a Pfizer executive shortly before O’Keefe’s exit. It has
since released several investigations into educators, including a
recording showing a New York professor saying he wants to kill
Republican leaders.

Some supporters had said they would stop following Project Veritas
since O’Keefe is no longer there.

Eric Spracklen, a Project Veritas employee, highlighted how one clip
received 700,000 views over 24 hours on Twitter. “Project Veritas is
dead,” he wrote sarcastically.
Project Veritas Hires Law Firm

The board said it would hire an outside firm to perform an audit of
financial practices at Project Veritas. On March 3, the firm was
identified as Dorsey & Whitney LLP.

“We recognize the need for an investigation that is completely free of
any bias or favor. For this reason, we have engaged a leading law firm
in these matters to perform this analysis and report their findings to
the Board of Directors,” the board said in a statement.

“We look forward to sharing findings of this investigation when it is
complete,” it added.

A timeline for the investigation has not been outlined.