Three years after the boardroom coup that shoved James O’Keefe out of the company he built, the drama is not cooling off. It is escalating, and this time it played out over dinner in Miami Beach.
For anyone who needs a refresher, the Project Veritas board removed O’Keefe as chairman back in February 2023. This was the same James O’Keefe who turned Project Veritas into a multi million dollar investigative powerhouse, famous for undercover journalism that rattled corporate executives, media elites, and political operatives. Love him or hate him, the man built the brand. Then the board pulled the rug out from under him.
Since then, O’Keefe has been battling to reclaim what he sees as his creation. In the meantime, he launched O’Keefe Media Group, and it did not exactly flop. It grew quickly and proved that the audience was not tied to a corporate logo. It was tied to the guy holding the hidden camera.
Now fast forward three years. O’Keefe confronted former Project Veritas board member Matthew Tyrmand at a Miami Beach restaurant. Cameras were rolling. And what followed was explosive.
During the recorded encounter, Tyrmand allegedly admitted to giving information to the FBI and the Southern District of New York. According to the footage released, a former board member of Project Veritas reportedly acknowledged working with FBI and SDNY as an informant in some capacity, including activities targeting conservative organizations and even O’Keefe himself.
If that is accurate, it raises jaw dropping questions. Project Veritas built its reputation exposing government overreach and media bias. And now we are hearing that someone at the board level was feeding information to federal authorities. That is not a minor footnote. That is a bombshell.
Tyrmand also claimed he has “a thousand sources” in the DOJ and CIA. He suggested that government agencies are actively working to target conservatives. Anyone who watched the federal apparatus during the Biden years probably does not find that hard to believe. From investigations into parents at school board meetings to aggressive probes into political opponents, the pattern has not exactly inspired confidence in equal treatment.
To make matters even more combustible, Tyrmand reportedly made accusations against Donald Trump Jr. O’Keefe then released alleged text messages that Tyrmand had sent to journalists, further fueling the fire.
This whole saga reads like a political thriller, except it is real life. You have a media founder ousted by his own board, allegations of federal informants embedded at the highest levels, and threats flying across a restaurant table in Miami Beach.
O’Keefe built his career on exposing what powerful institutions were doing behind closed doors. Now he claims he has exposed something inside his own former organization. Whether this confrontation leads to legal action or deeper investigations remains to be seen. What is obvious is that the battle between O’Keefe and the former Project Veritas leadership is far from over, and the stakes look bigger than ever.
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