As a former board member told me 10 years ago,
project Veritas will never be stopped from the outside.
It will only be because we stopped ourselves, right?
I'll get to that too in a minute, prophetic as it may be.
That is exactly where we find ourselves in the situation today.
A situation where I have been stripped of my authority as CEO and
removed from the board of directors.
I bet you didn't know that.
>> We know Now that was James O'keefe of course, who has been forced to
resign from project Veritas for his alleged mistreatment of staffers and
his alleged misuse of the nonprofits funds.
We've got all the details about what those accusations are.
Now, he was placed on paid leave earlier this month amid a dispute,
but with the nonprofit's board.
The board reversed O'Keefe's firing of two top executives and
also received a lengthy memo from unhappy employees and
staffers detailing how he has been outright cruel.
How his conduct is basically equates to mistreating the staffer.
And there are specific details in the memo that we're gonna get to in just a second.
Now, the lengthy memo regarding his treatment and
cruelty was signed by a third, a third of the employees over at Project Veritas.
So it's not like,
there's some unnamed individual within the staff that doesn't like him.
Or this is some sort of hatchet job against him.
A third of employees signing onto this letter is a pretty big deal.
And here's what they say.
James has become a power-drunk tyrant, and
he is exactly who he pontificates on who he should be exposing the memo said.
Working for O'keefe at Project Veritas can mean being publicly
humiliated by him in what amounts to public crucifixions,
and even being required to take lie detector tests.
His unhappy employees right in the memo.
So apparently there were some employees that he suspected were
leaking things to the press and he had the staff take polygraph tests.
>> [LAUGH] >> I mean, it's insane.
There's more, there's a lot more.
Let me read one more for me, for you.
James has become a power drunk tyrant.
I just really wanted to emphasize that.
>> Yes, but look, so we're gonna get to the music videos.
Don't worry.
>> No, it's the best part.
They're hilarious.
Okay, hold on.
Okay, but they spent money on it.
>> They did, but here's the debate that's going to happen.
What's the music video good?
>> That's a debate.
My God. Stay tuned.
Okay, but I only have, like, a tiny bit of sympathy for the employees, why?
First they work at Project Veritas.
>> 1000%.
>> You went to go work for a douchebag organization that smears others and
edits tapes in a deceptive way to try to hurt organizations and other human beings.
And you didn't get treated well duh.
>> Yeah, let's also be clear because Project Veritas loves to sue.
We believe and we think that Project Veritas is a douchebag organization.
Go ahead.
>> Yes, okay, that is very important to clarify, okay.
[LAUGH] So you went to go hurt others and
then you're like, it turns out, did they?
Therefore authoritarianism, but that's what you signed up for.
And it really mean, but that's what you signed up for.
What did you think was gonna happen?
That he was gonna be mean to people you don't like, but
internally he was just going to be an angel.
No, he's just as much of a douche as you wanted him to be to others, okay?
>> We think it"s a douche.
>> Okay, in our opinion.
>> In our opinion.
>> Okay, so seriously, on the other hand,
it is interesting that they went like, yeah, we're gonna get those lips.
And we're gonna own them and just doctor the videos, in my opinion.
[LAUGH] You can watch the videos for yourself and see the missing parts.
>> And also there's quite a bit of reporting, extensive reporting,
showing that the videos have been doctored.
>> Yes, you can read that reporting for yourself.
Look, it's, you can see what's missing and what they put in.
It's super obvious anyways.
And they're like, you wanted to do that and then you get this guy and
then you're like, wow, when it's done to you, that doesn't feel good.
Well, that's what a conservative is, right?
They just don't think anything matters until it's done to them.
Well, now it was done to you.
Of course, O'keefe is like this.
Look, some of the stories are outrageous in terms of the abuse, but
then the misuse of funds for musicals is just the greatest thing in the world.
>> So we're going to get to the misuse of funds,
because that is probably the juiciest part of this.
But a few more comments from the staffers who were abused.
During a September 2022 trial against the Democratic consulting firm that O'keefe
later lost, an employee complained that O'keefe berated them in front of jurors
because he needed something to eat.
He was very hungry.
Ultimately, the employee alleged O'keefe took a sandwich
from a heavily pregnant woman, which will summer over at The Daily Beast.
Don't I mean, I get it.
She was eight months pregnant but heavily pregnant.
I don't find better wording.
Anyway, the staffer said, quote, I was yelled at in front of jurors because
he was hungry and then he took the eight month pregnant woman sandwich.
I mean, >> But I mean does anything describe
a conservative better than, I want your stuff and I don't care who you are.
I'm pro life, but give me that sandwich.
I don't give a damn if you or your fetus wants it.
>> In another apparent reference to keep a staffer complains about
employees at Project Veritas getting spat on.
So like jimmy door apparently works there.
I'm kidding, that's a joke.
>> Well, he would spit if he heard that joke because he's just laughing.
Rule number one, you can't spit in an employee's face over a tweet true story.
>> So guys, that was critical to me.
Will Sommer doesn't have a great reputation of Daily Beast
either by the way.
So I take everything he says with a grain of salt.
So in this case we don't know if it was like he's screaming in his spittle,
that's bad, right?
But it's different than going and spitting in an employee's face over a tweet,
if it was actually spitting in the face.
No, no, like you should go to jail but that's assault like that.
No one should tolerate that, that's insanity.
>> Yes.
>> But we don't know which one it is to be fair.
>> And there's been a lot of turmoil at Project Veritas,
including an FBI investigation.
So Project Veritas faces a number of threats, including an FBI investigation
and an ex employee's lawsuit alleging that O'keefe oversaw raucous,
sexually charged workplace complete with at least one drug overdose.
Project Veritas has denied breaking any laws in the FBI investigation and
is fighting the lawsuit, but in December, the group did lay off several staffers.
All right, so with that said,
let's move on to the accusations pertaining to the misuse of funds.
Okay, now the board has claimed that it was legally required to
call a board meeting after it discovered that O'Keefe
was committing what they described as financial malfeasance.
The board's list of alleged miss spending incurred by the nonprofit
at O'Keefe's direction included a $14,000 charter flight
to meet someone who could repair his boat.
Other alleged expenses included $150,000 over 18 months on private black cars and
thousands of dollars on DJ and other equipment.
The board also accused O'keefe of of wasting $60,000 on dance events.
>> [LAUGH] Dance events.
>> Which look I like dance events but I'm not gonna use TYT funds to do it, right?
>> 60,000, how much dancing did you do brother,
man that is a dance a thon Saturday live over there.
>> Now in December, >> Fever sorry.
>> In December project veritas also acknowledged and
properly giving O'keefe $20,500 in excess benefits to pay for
Project Veritas staff to accompany him to Virginia as he
performed a lead role in a production of the musical Oklahoma.
What?
>> [LAUGH] >> What?
Okay and then finally there was some money put into what you're about to see
which is in fact something put together by O'keefe, starring O'keefe.
Just enjoy your welcome.
[MUSIC]
>> Come on, come on guys, come on.
I know but I kind of love the song like is that bad?
>> We played it on old school now we're playing here.
It's gonna get stuck in my head, don't do that to me.
>> Oligarchy.
>> Can we just play the audio for
a minute and like really like appreciate the musical genius behind this song.
>> [LAUGH] He's gonna think it's real.
He's gonna think it's real.
>> No, I kind of like the beat.
>> You're crazy.
This is a Wikus amateur horse track.
>> But also look, I'm a little concerned about children seeing that video.
It might groom them, you know what I'm saying?
It might persuade some of the male kids in this
country to betray their masculinity, right?
>> I don't know, people are asking.
>> [MUSIC]
Come on, it's good. It's good.
[MUSIC]
>> Okay, Bart made a good point last night at an old school.
It's actually we think it's based over Prince song controversy.
It is, >> That's why I like it,
that's why I like the beats.
It's from a Prince song.
>> And this just validates the nature of conservatives going
after a song stealing from from someone who is not alive.
>> And by the way, also black.
So cultural appropriation.
Okay.
>> He wants to be a musical theater.
So bad guys, that's your dream,
James live, your dream dancer.
>> Little butt off.
Okay, James, go get up.
So guys, first of all, here's another set of folks.
I don't shed a tear for the donors toProject Veritas.
Some of the worst people on earth can't get enough of it, waste their money.
The funny thing is the donors are part of the oligarchy.
Okay, and it's like such a hilarious meta meme, right?
Where they're doing a song about the oligarchy funded by the oligarchy,
okay, and they don't make any money.
They do they just get 20 million a year from these right wingers.
And O'Keefe was like, I don't know what to do with $20 million know,
I'll just put on the musicals that I always dreamed about as a kid.
>> No, O'Keefe knows exactly what he wants to do with the $20 million dollars a year,
we just listed it for you.
>> Yeah, look guys man, I mean here we check like every $4 receipt.
Okay, meanwhile these guys are spending $150,000 on cars,
like not two cars that they even buy just like for
simple transportation because they want to live like rock stars.
So I don't care at all that they wasted douchebag right wingers money,
I love that they wasted it.
Hey idiots who gave money to Project Veritas in my opinion,
enjoy the stupid ass song they spend it on.
And I hope you enjoyed the Oklahoma production in Virginia where they went to
for 20,000 dollars.
>> My God, can I just say like really think about what it took to put that music
video together.
Like they went to train, like do the choreography,
learn the choreography, practice.
[CROSSTALK] How much time did you spend on practicing Kevin, O'keefe, James O'keefe.
Why do I keep wanting to call him Kevin, but anyway that was fun, so.
>> Yeah and now of course there's a bunch of right wingers who like we stand with
James O'keefe, you should you should be able to abuse your workers.
What's the whole point of a conservative?
You can't dominate others and oppress them and keep them under your boot?
Right, what are these awoke companies now that Project Veritas demanding that to be
spit on?
[LAUGH] >> Charlie Kirk steve man and
Don Jr the usual suspects are backing O'keefe.
>> Yeah, steve Bannon took what?
Over he got indicted and then pardoned by Trump because he's a criminal right
over the money that they were gonna steal for their fake wall.
You think he's gonna mind O'keefe stealing from donors?
That's like Republican one one.
By the way, if you're a Republican donor, do don't do not ever shed a tear that
someone's taking money from you and miss spending it.
The whole point of your donation is to take money from the rest of us for
tax cuts for the rich and deregulation so you can rob the rest of us.
So you'll excuse us if we don't give a damn about how your corrupt
money was wasted.
>> Oligarchy.