Project Veritas claimed in a new court filing that the FBI deemed it part of the news media, even though prosecutors later argued that what it does is not journalism
Prosecutors have ridiculed the idea that Project Veritas does journalism, but court filing says FBI treated group as "news media."
Justice Department officials in Washington have declined to comment on whether the search warrants and data seizures aimed at Project Veritas were approved under federal guidelines that strictly limit investigative actions involving the news media. indicating the probe into Project Veritas was opened as a “sensitive investigative matter” on the grounds that it involved the “news media.”
Project Veritas filed with the court indicates that the “full investigation” involving the organization was opened on October 29, 2020, five days before the presidential election.