A dispute between the James O’Keefe, who is the founder and chairman of Project Veritas, and the board of the news-gathering organization has ended with O’Keefe leaving.
R.C. Maxwell, a spokesman for Project Veritas, wrote on Twitter that O’Keefe “was removed from his position as CEO by the Project Veritas board.”
Maxwell was the reporter on the sting that hit Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s campaign last summer, in which a campaign worker admitted that ranked choice voting was set up to ensure a Murkowski win.
One of O’Keefe’s most explosive exposés was his interview recently with a Pfizer executive, who admitted on a secretly placed camera recording that the drug company was engaged in “gain of function” research on the Covid virus and that the vaccine made by the company has an effect on women’s menstrual cycles.
Last week, O’Keefe was put on paid leave. According to a supposed internal memo obtained by left-leaning news organizations, O’Keefe had been mean to his staff, with one staffer complaining O’Keefe had become a “power drunk tyrant.”
Another allegedly wrote, “I would describe Project Veritas’ current environment with this saying: ‘The beatings will continue until morale improves.’” The statements, however, are purely hearsay, and many supporters of O’Keefe say the organization will not exist without him.
“There is no Project Veritas without James O’Keefe,” Candace Owens wrote on Twitter. “I say this as a donor to the organization, but more importantly as a colleague who watched him pour everything he had into PV over the years. The money and supporters will follow James.”
Project Veritas’s board of directors wrote, “Despite what the Corporate Media tries to portray about our organization, know this: We have never been more motivated and dedicated to our mission than now.”
O’Keefe said, “Our mission continues on. I’m not done. The mission will perhaps take on a new name.” And several of the influencers who helped raise money for the mission are, apparently, asking for their money back from the organization, as they feel a personal loyalty to O’Keefe.
