Project Veritas Founder Speaks Out About FBI Raid

The founder of non-profit journalism enterprise Project Veritas, James O’Keefe, discussed the FBI raid on his home over Ashley Biden’s stolen diary in recent interview.

On Tuesday, O’Keefe detailed the pre-dawn raid when he was met at the door by FBI agents with blinding lights and a battering ram. He said they hand cuffed him and went through his phone, which contained confidential information regarding his reporters’ investigations, sources and donor information.

Project Veritas paid who they called “tipsters” for what was alleged to be Ashley’s diary, but could not verify its authenticity and chose not to publish its contents. Instead, they turned it in to law enforcement.

The New York Times first reported on federal agents executing search warrants at an apartment in New York City and another in Westchester County, New York. O’Keefe confirmed the searches and said the company is unaware as to how the New York Times heard of the warrant, adding a grand jury investigation is secret.