James O'Keefe
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They said that it was wrong for me to fire the chief financial officer.
They said that it was wrong for me to fire the chief financial officer.
The board? The board. These individuals that you saw on the film. Right. They... Their names, Matthew Tiermond, George Skakel, other individuals who no one knows their names, Joe Barton. But these board members said, James does not have the authority. And it turns out I did have the authority.
The board? The board. These individuals that you saw on the film. Right. They... Their names, Matthew Tiermond, George Skakel, other individuals who no one knows their names, Joe Barton. But these board members said, James does not have the authority. And it turns out I did have the authority.
And the chief financial officer sent me a message on February the 2nd saying, we're going to have an emergency board meeting to remove you, James O'Keefe, as CEO. I was like taking off on an airplane at the time. I was like, this is the twilight zone. I said, what are you going to say to the public? Do you have a press release written? They said, no, the public doesn't need to know.
And the chief financial officer sent me a message on February the 2nd saying, we're going to have an emergency board meeting to remove you, James O'Keefe, as CEO. I was like taking off on an airplane at the time. I was like, this is the twilight zone. I said, what are you going to say to the public? Do you have a press release written? They said, no, the public doesn't need to know.
So for me, it was like, are you kidding me? Like this was like the twilight zone.
So for me, it was like, are you kidding me? Like this was like the twilight zone.
No, it was just a – this is the story of – this is such a crazy story. They weren't threatening me. They were just informing me that they were going to remove me as the CEO of the company. So my number three guy saying, we're going to remove you and restructure the company. I said, okay, you're fired. This is not going to happen.
No, it was just a – this is the story of – this is such a crazy story. They weren't threatening me. They were just informing me that they were going to remove me as the CEO of the company. So my number three guy saying, we're going to remove you and restructure the company. I said, okay, you're fired. This is not going to happen.
I'm not going to let you do this because it's going to destroy the organization if you do this. And this is the phone call we're having as the airplane is taking off from Nashville, excuse me, to Nashville on February the 2nd. All of this is in this film I just released. You can hear some of the audio of what transpired. And then they have this board meeting on the 6th.
I'm not going to let you do this because it's going to destroy the organization if you do this. And this is the phone call we're having as the airplane is taking off from Nashville, excuse me, to Nashville on February the 2nd. All of this is in this film I just released. You can hear some of the audio of what transpired. And then they have this board meeting on the 6th.
That's Monday, February the 6th, 2023. Some a week or so after the video you just watched. And that's where you had this bizarre... struggle session, Maoist struggle session, where they marched in employees, and it was almost like employees went on strike, and said, we don't like James O'Keefe. He's a mean boss. He works us too hard.
That's Monday, February the 6th, 2023. Some a week or so after the video you just watched. And that's where you had this bizarre... struggle session, Maoist struggle session, where they marched in employees, and it was almost like employees went on strike, and said, we don't like James O'Keefe. He's a mean boss. He works us too hard.
And they had these weird grievances, and you could hear all the grievances.
And they had these weird grievances, and you could hear all the grievances.
The pregnant lady said it didn't happen.
The pregnant lady said it didn't happen.
I stole a pregnant woman's sandwich. Barry Hinckley said I took black SUVs around. He said you shouldn't be transporting the CEO around like this. A bunch of really strange accusations, which never made sense to anybody. Anybody watching was like, this is insane. And questions are, how could this happen? Why could this? So many things to dive into here about what went down.
I stole a pregnant woman's sandwich. Barry Hinckley said I took black SUVs around. He said you shouldn't be transporting the CEO around like this. A bunch of really strange accusations, which never made sense to anybody. Anybody watching was like, this is insane. And questions are, how could this happen? Why could this? So many things to dive into here about what went down.