Project Veritas at risk of losing fundraising license in New York, AG warns

[applegrove]

BY JOE CONCHA at the Hill

http://thehill.com/homenews/media/362678-project-veritas-at-risk-of-losing-fundraising-license-in-new-york-ag-warns

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Project Veritas, a conservative activist organization that specializes in undercover operations to target left-leaning political organizations, academic figures and the media may be in jeopardy of losing its ability to raise money in New York, state officials announced Thursday.

The 501(c)(3) organization has two weeks to explain why it did not disclose founder James O’Keefe’s 2010 criminal conviction in Louisiana in addition to other omissions on paperwork submitted to the state, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) said in a letter to the group on Wednesday, according to The Washington Post.

O'Keefe was sentenced to three years of probation, 100 hours of community service and a $1,500 fine after pleading guilty in 2010 to misdemeanor charges surrounding his role gaining entry to then-Sen. Mary Landrieu’s (D-La.) office in Baton Rogue.

If no explanation can be provided, Schneiderman's letter warned that O'Keefe's organization could lose the ability to raise money in New York, where the Project Veritas offices are located, the Post reported.


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[ProudLib72]

1. Obviously, I'm missing something

Initially, I thought this was going to be about the fake scandal they tried to sell to WaPo, but it is about a past conviction? Ok, I can see how this would be the fastest way of shutting down project veritas, but will O'Keefe be prosecuted for pushing the fake scandal?

[tazkcmo]

2. Did he break a law?

I'm not a lawyer but I don't believe the The Washington Post scam violated any laws. Be nice if any lawyers were on that could comment on this.

[ProudLib72]

4. I don't know for sure

My point was that O'Keefe's buried history was suddenly discovered soon after the WaPo scam. So instead of calling foul (I thought it might have broken a law) or pushing the story of how project veritas was dirty so as to undermine their credibility, they very quickly found a way to destroy them financially. I guess my secondary question would have to be, Was Schneiderman waiting for O'Keefe and his company to do something like this? Kind of like "Ok, you want to throw a little dirt? Well I have quite a bit of dirt to throw on you."

[lame54]

3. Just take it and let them fight to get it back

[L. Coyote]

5. They should loss their 501(c)3 tax exempt status for being criminals.

[TexasBushwhacker]

7. I agree, but he's only been convicted of misdemeanors

http://thehill.com/capital-living/in-the-know/100105-filmmaker-okeefe-sentenced-in-sen-mary-landrieu-break-in

"Conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe was sentenced to three years of probation, 100 hours of community service and a $1,500 fine after he pleaded guilty on Wednesday to misdemeanor charges stemming from his involvement in a break-in at Sen. Mary Landrieu’s (D-La.) office."

[Gothmog]

6. This will be fun to watch