James O'Keefe

They're great guys. I think they mean well. But if you put me in charge of the FBI, I wouldn't know what to do. I mean, how do you trust a bureaucracy like that? By the way, that is totally illegal. You can't take a gun pointed against your forehead and say, give me your reporter's notebooks. If that happened in Eastern Europe, our State Department would be issuing sanctions against that country.

But it happened in New York.

But it happened in New York.

I don't know if anyone tells them. I mean, some have said they put you in a skiff. This is this is more of a this is not a fact. This is speculation. But a funny notion that might illustrate what could happen is, you know, that image of JFK getting shot. Yes. Do they put the leaders in a skiff? That's a secure compartmentalized information facility.

I don't know if anyone tells them. I mean, some have said they put you in a skiff. This is this is more of a this is not a fact. This is speculation. But a funny notion that might illustrate what could happen is, you know, that image of JFK getting shot. Yes. Do they put the leaders in a skiff? That's a secure compartmentalized information facility.

Do they show the Zapruder film of JFK getting shot and said, you better do what we tell you to do? Or that could be you. Now, I'm not saying they did that to these gentlemen. And I actually genuinely mean this. I've met Cash. I think he's a genuinely good man. I just don't – I think the system is institutionally corrupt. And everyone says – you know what they say to me, Pat? Oh, call Cash.

Do they show the Zapruder film of JFK getting shot and said, you better do what we tell you to do? Or that could be you. Now, I'm not saying they did that to these gentlemen. And I actually genuinely mean this. I've met Cash. I think he's a genuinely good man. I just don't – I think the system is institutionally corrupt. And everyone says – you know what they say to me, Pat? Oh, call Cash.

He'll help you out. Call Bam. Call Pam. Like I got them on speed dial. They're getting asked for 10,000 favors a day. I don't have any money to give them. The system is so broken when you need the guy at the top to be so influential. It's the system. It's the Article 3 judges. It's the courts. It's the line prosecutors. The agents in my apartment.

He'll help you out. Call Bam. Call Pam. Like I got them on speed dial. They're getting asked for 10,000 favors a day. I don't have any money to give them. The system is so broken when you need the guy at the top to be so influential. It's the system. It's the Article 3 judges. It's the courts. It's the line prosecutors. The agents in my apartment.

Do you know that when the agents were in my apartment, I could tell by the looks on their faces that they didn't want to be there. They're like, this is crazy. This is wrong. But they did it.

Do you know that when the agents were in my apartment, I could tell by the looks on their faces that they didn't want to be there. They're like, this is crazy. This is wrong. But they did it.

Are you talking about the FBI agents?

Are you talking about the FBI agents?

Politics. I'm working on a story right now. One of the directors of the agency, they mean, well, they go into FEMA or they go on the IRS. They have all these notions of freedom and prosperity and eliminating waste, fraud and abuse. But then they get in there and there's such snakes in these entities. Just, you know, I mean, D.C., it's a land of phonies and narcissists.

Politics. I'm working on a story right now. One of the directors of the agency, they mean, well, they go into FEMA or they go on the IRS. They have all these notions of freedom and prosperity and eliminating waste, fraud and abuse. But then they get in there and there's such snakes in these entities. Just, you know, I mean, D.C., it's a land of phonies and narcissists.

They're not attracted to do the right thing. They want power and money and sex. Are we under some delusion that the people in Washington want something other than power and money and sex? What percentage of the people in Washington inside these agencies are actually there to do the right thing? What percentage? For real. Are we naive and foolish enough to think that people... are in these places.

They're not attracted to do the right thing. They want power and money and sex. Are we under some delusion that the people in Washington want something other than power and money and sex? What percentage of the people in Washington inside these agencies are actually there to do the right thing? What percentage? For real. Are we naive and foolish enough to think that people... are in these places.

Or there, there's a few people, or there's a few people that are there who do the right thing, but there's so many snakes and manipulative. Look at what happened to me. Look why I'm on your show. I started my own institution because I didn't want to be part of the snakes. And the snakes infiltrate. And I think in some regards, it's human nature. And this is a really good question you're asking.

Or there, there's a few people, or there's a few people that are there who do the right thing, but there's so many snakes and manipulative. Look at what happened to me. Look why I'm on your show. I started my own institution because I didn't want to be part of the snakes. And the snakes infiltrate. And I think in some regards, it's human nature. And this is a really good question you're asking.

I'm learning in real time. I started an institution because I didn't trust institutions. And then I'm removed from my own institution by snakes. Yeah. Hello, everyone. I'm James O'Keefe. Been doing this journalism thing for about 20 years. Truth, justice, exposing corruption, everything that comes along with it.