Exclusive: James O’Keefe’s departure from Project Veritas came after the board of directors claimed to staff that O’Keefe had endangered the group’s nonprofit status, according to documents and people familiar with the situation.
The memo from the board of directors — one of several released last week — appeared aimed at tamping down that suggestion. “The Board has an immediate growing concern that due to the one-sided narrative currently prevalent on social media, there is a significant potential for lost financial support from our donor base by making uninformed decisions about the full picture,” it stated.Beyond the alleged violation of the group’s bylaws, the memo did not go into detail about.
Additional memos signed by individual board members — and addressed directly to O’Keefe — elaborate on some of the concerns about his stewardship of the organization. In his three-page letter, in which he describes O’Keefe as a “brother,” Tyrmand implored the Project Veritas founder, “In what world is unilaterally firing the CFO and misrepresenting about board buy in on that anything but suicidal?” He said that action was akin to saying, “hey regulators come check my books out please.”
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