<p>James O&#8217;Keefe announced a break with Project Veritas, the investigative group he founded, while hinting at a new journalism venture in the future.</p>
<p>In a <a href="https://vimeo.com/800604525/fe482c1859" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video posted to Vimeo</a> on Monday, O&#8217;Keefe said he was &#8220;stripped of all decision-making last week&#8221; and he described some clashes with leadership.</p>
<p>O&#8217;Keefe, who was standing in a Project Veritas office, said he was relieved of his authority as CEO for at least 180 days and removed from the Project Veritas board of directors, citing board meeting notes.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨BREAKING: James O&#39;Keefe&#39;s Remarks to Project Veritas Staff: &quot;I&#39;ve been removed from CEO and Board&quot;</p>
<p>WATCH James&#39; FULL COMMENTS here: <a href="https://t.co/9LK4jLEPRw">pic.twitter.com/9LK4jLEPRw</a></p>
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<p>“Currently, I have no job at Project Veritas,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I have no position here based upon what the board has done — so I’m announcing to you all that today, on President’s Day, I’m packing up my personal belongings here.&#8221;</p>
<p>O&#8217;Keefe also claimed he had issued an ultimatum to the board to resign, which was not heeded, and he hinted at a future beyond Project Veritas. &#8220;Our mission continues on. I&#8217;m not done. The mission will perhaps take on a new name,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>The Project Veritas board <a href="https://www.projectveritas.com/news/statement-from-the-project-veritas-board-of-directors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released a statement</a> Monday evening saying O&#8217;Keefe had been suspended indefinitely pending a third-party investigative audit report. The statement said O&#8217;Keefe not only faced allegations of financial malfeasance, but also improperly fired the group&#8217;s chief financial officer.</p>
<p>&#8220;Even with all of this public fallout, the Board still wants to speak with James,&#8221; the board said. &#8220;We did not fire him, nor do we want him to resign. We would like to continue conversations with James to resolve internal matters rather than litigate them publicly.&#8221;</p>
<p>O&#8217;Keefe, who founded the nonprofit famous for its sting operations in 2011, claimed he had issued an ultimatum to the board to resign, which was not heeded.</p>
<p>Word of internal strife at Project Veritas burst into the public&#8217;s view when New York Magazine&#8217;s Intelligencer website <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/02/james-okeefe-project-veritas-paid-leave.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported on February 8</a> that O&#8217;Keefe took a paid leave from his leadership position while the board weighed his future with the company.</p>
<p>The report said Project Veritas Executive Director, Daniel Strack, told staffers in an internal memo that O’Keefe would be taking “a few weeks of well-deserved PTO.”</p>
<p>Around this time, it was revealed that 16 staffers <a href="https://timcast.com/news/james-okeefe-accused-of-erratic-behavior-by-16-project-veritas-employees/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed a letter</a>, dated February 6, raising several allegations against O&#8217;Keefe, including that he was &#8220;outright cruel&#8221; to members of the group. &#8220;James has become a power drunk tyrant and he is exactly who he pontificates on who we should be exposing,&#8221; the letter said.</p>
<p>Project Veritas <a href="https://twitter.com/Project_Veritas/status/1623478024841699329" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released a statement</a> on the evening of February 8, saying it was broadly in response to news reports.</p>
<p>The Project Veritas Board of Directors and Management &#8220;are constantly evaluating what the best path forward is for the organization,&#8221; the statement read, in part. The statement, which noted Project Veritas has 65-plus employees, did not directly address the situation involving O&#8217;Keefe.</p>
<p>With O&#8217;Keefe&#8217;s future at Project Veritas in question, Twitter user &#8220;Swig&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/OldRowSwig/status/1624093172639887361" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared an image of a cease-and-desist letter</a> from a law firm representing donors addressed to the Project Veritas Board of Directors raising concerns about any effort to remove the founder.</p>
<p>Strack <a href="https://twitter.com/Project_Veritas/status/1625904035705368588" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released another statement</a> on February 15 asserting James had not been removed from Project Veritas. &#8220;James is the hardest working person I have ever met,&#8221; Strack said. &#8220;Those who know him well know that he will not take time off unless forced to.&#8221;</p>
<p>The controversy follows videos of a Project Veritas <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/questions-swirl-around-alleged-pfizer-director-captured-in-project-veritas-sting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sting operation showing an alleged Pfizer research director</a> on hidden camera seemingly spilling COVID secrets and then having a meltdown when confronted being watched millions of times.</p>
<p>In his video address released on Monday, O&#8217;Keefe said he does not have the &#8220;answers&#8221; for why the board was taking action against him. &#8220;But I&#8217;m confident that those reasons and motivations will come to light,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p><em>This breaking news story has been updated with a statement from the Project Veritas board of directors.</em></p>

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