Project Veritas was an American far-right[14] activist[15] group founded by James O'Keefe in 2010.[19] The group produced deceptively edited videos  of its undercover operations,[20] which use secret recordings[20] in an effort to discredit mainstream media organizations and progressive groups.[21][22] Project Veritas also used entrapment[12] to generate bad publicity for its targets,[2] and propagated disinformation[24] and conspiracy theories[32] in its videos and operations.
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Project Veritas's targets included Planned Parenthood, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), NPR, CNN, and The Washington Post. In 2009, Project Veritas associates published misleading[2] videos that depicted ACORN employees providing advice on concealing illegal activity, causing ACORN to shut down after losing funding;[3] the Attorney General of California cleared ACORN of wrongdoing in 2010,[2] and the associates paid a total of $150,000 in settlements to an ACORN employee who sued for defamation.[2] NPR CEO Vivian Schiller resigned in 2013 after Project Veritas released a deceptively[2][3] edited video portraying another NPR executive making controversial comments about the Tea Party movement and NPR's federal funding.[33] Project Veritas unsuccessfully attempted to mislead The Washington Post into publishing false information about the Roy Moore sexual misconduct allegations in 2017;[34][21] the Post won a Pulitzer Prize after uncovering the operation.[7][35] In 2022, a jury awarded $120,000 against Project Veritas for fraudulent misrepresentation of the nonprofit Democracy Partners.[36]
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As a non-governmental organization, Project Veritas was financed by conservative fund Donors Trust[2] (which provided over $6.6 million from 2011 to 2019)[21][37][38] and other supporters, including the Donald J. Trump Foundation.[39] In 2020, The New York Times published an exposé detailing Project Veritas's use of spies recruited by Erik Prince to infiltrate "Democratic congressional campaigns, labor organizations and other groups considered hostile to the Trump agenda". The Times piece notes O'Keefe's and Prince's close links to the Trump administration, and details contributions such as a $1 million transfer of funds from an undisclosed source to support their work. The findings were based in part on discovery documents in a case brought by the American Federation of Teachers, Michigan, which had been infiltrated by Project Veritas.[40]
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The organization's board fired O'Keefe in February 2023 for what it said was financial malfeasance with donor money.[41] In September 2023, Project Veritas suspended all operations after laying off most of its employees.[42] In December of the same year, Hannah Giles, who succeeded O'Keefe as CEO of the organization, resigned.
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Also nice attack on the messenger. Remember when project veratas was raided by the FBI? Nice attack on the press there.

So it doesn’t concern you that the out going administration is WASTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS as they lame duck along?

It's funny how they always say O'Keefe selectively edits, yet they never point out any actual examples.  It's just a presumption presented without evidence.
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It is also funny how they call O'Keefe far-right and never explain what makes him "far", let alone particularly right-wing.  He uncovers corporate and government malfeasance -- which apparently constitutes a far-right activity.  Progressives would never stoop to exposing corporate or government misconduct!!