About James O'Keefe
James O'Keefe is an award-winning journalist and writer. He is the founder and President of Project Veritas, a non-profit organization, and Project Veritas Action dedicated to investigating corruption, dishonesty, waste and fraud in both public and private institutions.
O’Keefe’s investigations have prompted voter ID laws, federal and state investigations, arrests, the defunding of ACORN, and the removal of two NPR executives.
In 2013, O’Keefe authored New York Times bestseller, Breakthrough: Our Guerilla War to Expose Fraud and Save Democracy and in 2018 authored American Pravda: My Fight for the Truth in the Era of Fake News.
In 2016, O’Keefe’s investigation into the Clinton campaign was mentioned in one of the presidential debates, and led to the removal of two Clinton operatives. In 2017, O'Keefe investigated the media itself, exposing ratings-driven coverage at CNN and bias at The New York Times.
His 2018 investigations into Twitter exposed "shadowbanning." He also released undercover video of "the resistance" within the federal government, prompting responses and job losses from the DOJ, DOS, GAO and HHS.
Recent investigations into US Senate races in Tennessee and Missouri have prompted responses from candidate Phil Bredesen and incumbent Senator Claire McCaskill.
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