Project Veritas Employees’ Letter Targeting James O’Keefe Leaked

On Thursday, 16 Project Veritas staffers sent a letter of protest to the board of directors. This was after it became apparent that James O’Keefe might be removed from the organization. The news broke at 11:59 am. “James O’Keefe IS Project Veritas” Twitter began to trend.

The letter contains complaints about O’Keefe that staff members have made to O’Keefe. A decision is expected to be made by the board on Friday. The letter was obtained by Timcast.
 

“The undersigned are troubled and frustrated with James’ management style and business acumen,” It begins.

“These behaviors and actons are antithetial to our core values, and it came to a head this week. Most recently, the treatment of Barry Hinckley and Tom O’Hara. These 2 highly respected individuals did what they thought was right for the beOerment of the organizaion and got berated in public on Tuesday and effectively terminated by Thursday.”

In the letter, the 16 staffers, listed as Michael Villani, Eric Spracklen, Mario Balaban, Jake Mantel, Patrick Van Duyne, Sal Gueli Journalists: Arden Young, Preston Scagnelli, Bobby Harr (Lithium), Bethany Rolando, Joanne Sumner, Gillian Pietrowski, Jonathan Bailey, Joshua Hughes, Nick Mehaj, and Angelo Martinez, say that “James has become a power drunk tyrant and he is exactly who he pontificates on who we should be exposing.”

Others also mention professional relationships that O’Keefe has apparently soured with others, such as an instance in which O’Keefe called Spencer Meads “a” “pussy.”

“James went as far as to call Spencer a pussy in Vegas, and Spencer heard him say it. Both of these guys were mission driven and suffered through it. They were raided and James still called Spencer that name – he never forgave them for making a decision to leave for their own mental wellbeing,” It reads:

These are just a few of the issues mentioned. “airing grievances” The termination of the contract has prevented the undersigned from speaking up. Transparency in decision-making was a concern. We O’Keefe were difficult to work with, belligerant and mean. “bullying” Listened as a concern

Others disagreed with O’Keefe’s foray into musical theater. “All the theatre stuff and how that is handled makes me very uneasy. I understand it is rationalized as “raising awareness of our brand,” but the cost of that both in a financial sense as well as personnel and resources, becomes priority over why donors actually give us money, which is to conduct undercover investigations which expose waste fraud and abuse. In the end, we are in a deficit now, our fans and potential fans beyond do not respond positively to all of that stuff because all they want is for us to carry out the mission.”

Project Veritas is being hailed by its followers after the announcement that its founder and creator may be gone. Staff and board members are now trying to keep the company going without the man who founded it.

Veritas issued a statement following the revelations in New York Magazine, the Daily Beast, that O’Keefe’s tenure had been in doubt. It stated that they believed that they could stay the course and deliver the mission O’Keefe had set for them, regardless of whether he was the project’s helm.

The letter mentions Barry Hinckley, who O’Keefe fired. Twitter exploded with a thread about Hinckley, claiming that he was “desperate for fame and fortune,” And “recruited 11 other @Project_Veritas employees to sign a letter declaring @JamesOKeefeIII a ‘power-drunk tyrant’ which he presumably sent to PV’s board of directors in an effort to oust him from the company.”

The complete letter was sent to Timcast.
 

Memo to PV Board February 6, 2023… By Christopher Karr

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