James O'Keefe

They said, O'Keefe's a mean boss. He yelled at me one time. He's a power drunk tyrant. And then a week later, they would send me an Instagram. I'm so sorry. I feel horrible for what I did. I never should have done this. And then like a few months later, they're calling me. I can't even say it on the air, but horrible. you know, expletive words on the DMs.

Yeah, so they're on the verge of bankruptcy. When I was raising $2 million a month, $24 million a year, that's a lot of money to raise as a nonprofit. Remember, there's no annuities. You have to ask people for money. Constantly. And when they got rid of me, the donations just stopped. Everybody wanted their money back.

Yeah, so they're on the verge of bankruptcy. When I was raising $2 million a month, $24 million a year, that's a lot of money to raise as a nonprofit. Remember, there's no annuities. You have to ask people for money. Constantly. And when they got rid of me, the donations just stopped. Everybody wanted their money back.

And in that board meeting, I had one trump card because these guys were – it was like a struggle session. They just wanted to make me feel abused. It was a lot of envy and just petty human things that – this is not unique. It happens in a lot of organizations. But to your point, what are they going to do if they get rid of the guy who's – raising all the funds.

And in that board meeting, I had one trump card because these guys were – it was like a struggle session. They just wanted to make me feel abused. It was a lot of envy and just petty human things that – this is not unique. It happens in a lot of organizations. But to your point, what are they going to do if they get rid of the guy who's – raising all the funds.

They didn't have an answer and they didn't care. Now in the movie, I noticed your producer had that 54 minute movie. If you can find this moment where it's about three quarters of the way through towards the end of that board meeting, that's the guy, Matthew Tierman. You just saw him on the screen right there. There was a quote that's incredibly important.

They didn't have an answer and they didn't care. Now in the movie, I noticed your producer had that 54 minute movie. If you can find this moment where it's about three quarters of the way through towards the end of that board meeting, that's the guy, Matthew Tierman. You just saw him on the screen right there. There was a quote that's incredibly important.

And I said, point of order, what are you guys going to do? Because that's the trump card I had. What's your plan? Okay, you want to lash me, you want to crucify me, you want to make me feel abused. And Tierman says something, and I hope he can pull it up, that same guy, he goes, we have 65 employees. We're going to be fine without James O'Keefe. They actually believed, or they wanted to believe.

And I said, point of order, what are you guys going to do? Because that's the trump card I had. What's your plan? Okay, you want to lash me, you want to crucify me, you want to make me feel abused. And Tierman says something, and I hope he can pull it up, that same guy, he goes, we have 65 employees. We're going to be fine without James O'Keefe. They actually believed, or they wanted to believe.

Not for a product like this. But you see, that's so interesting about human nature, isn't it? Because when you're that envious, when you're that resentful, when you're that deluded, There it is right there.

Not for a product like this. But you see, that's so interesting about human nature, isn't it? Because when you're that envious, when you're that resentful, when you're that deluded, There it is right there.

65 employees. You just passed a moment ago. My question is, what is the plan of if you implement this solution?

65 employees. You just passed a moment ago. My question is, what is the plan of if you implement this solution?

There it is. So they actually believed that there wouldn't be any lost output on the margins. Literally the exact opposite happened. Every donor wanted their money back. Nobody trusted anything they had to say. Now they believed, but content is king. Our journalism matters. But the problem, what they failed to understand is investigative journalism is all about trust.

There it is. So they actually believed that there wouldn't be any lost output on the margins. Literally the exact opposite happened. Every donor wanted their money back. Nobody trusted anything they had to say. Now they believed, but content is king. Our journalism matters. But the problem, what they failed to understand is investigative journalism is all about trust.

And if you behave like this, nobody's going to trust anything that you report. And I think that's what they failed to understand. But Matthew Tiramont actually believed that Project Veritas didn't need James O'Keefe anymore.

And if you behave like this, nobody's going to trust anything that you report. And I think that's what they failed to understand. But Matthew Tiramont actually believed that Project Veritas didn't need James O'Keefe anymore.

The revenue, you mean? Yes. Zero. Negative equity. There was one individual, I can't name the donors under the Freedom of Association under the First Amendment, but one donor said, I want my $1 million check back. The chief financial officer said, it's unlawful for us to return your check. That's not true. The donors wanted their money back, so they went deeply into debt.

The revenue, you mean? Yes. Zero. Negative equity. There was one individual, I can't name the donors under the Freedom of Association under the First Amendment, but one donor said, I want my $1 million check back. The chief financial officer said, it's unlawful for us to return your check. That's not true. The donors wanted their money back, so they went deeply into debt.

So when I left, there was somewhere around $10 million in cash and no debt. No debt. And now they're like $2 million in debt with no cash.