MEDIA LOSER: James O’Keefe
James O’Keefe, the founder and chairman of Project Veritas, is on paid leave from the conservative organization while its board considers whether to remove him from his position altogether.
New York Magazine first reported O'Keefe's leave, sharing that Daniel Strack, the organization’s executive director, sent an internal message to employees saying that O’Keefe would be taking “a few weeks of well-deserved PTO.”
O'Keefe's leave comes after the FBI launched an investigation into Project Veritas' purchasing of a diary stolen from Ashley Biden, the president’s daughter.
O'Keefe is also facing lawsuits from former employees, with one claiming he led a chaotic and sexually tense workplace.
One-third of Project Veritas' employees also signed a shocking memo, obtained by the Daily Beast, which alleges workplace cruelty among other insane incidents.
"I would describe Project Veritas' current environment with this saying: 'The beatings will continue until morale improves," one staffer wrote in the memo, according to the Beast.
The Beast further reported that the memo "covers its founder's demanding and allegedly abusive treatment of his staff, even laying out concerns that Project Veritas will soon collapse entirely as donors and employees flee."
One allegation claims that O'Keefe berated an employee during a Sept. 2022 trial against a Democratic consulting firm (O'Keefe lost) because he needed something to eat. And how did he prove his hunger? By allegedly taking a sandwich from a pregnant woman. Oof. None of this is looking good. |