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Charges Reduced Against James O'Keefe, Others In Landrieu Stunt
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyFederal prosecutors filed reduced charges Friday against conservative filmmaker James O'Keefe and three others in connection with an attempt to to tamper with phone lines in Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu's New Orleans office. The new filing charges the four men with entering a federal building under false pretenses, a misdemeanor, The Associated Press reported. They had been arrested in January on felony charges. All four were expected to plead guilty to the lesser charges, according to MSNBC. After his arrest, O'Keefe, 25, claimed the purpose of the plan was to investigate why Landrieu's ...
O'Keefe Defends Himself in First Interview Since Arrest
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(Feb. 2) -- Conservative activist James O'Keefe calls his arrest after an incident at a U.S. senator's office "a huge misunderstanding." He appeared on Sean Hannity's Fox News show Monday night for his first interview since being busted along with three companions. O'Keefe -- whose hidden-camera videos embarrassed ACORN last year -- admitted they posed as telephone repairmen at Sen. Mary Landrieu's New Orleans office last week. He said they were checking out reports that the office wasn't answering calls from constituents who oppose health care reform. O'Keefe repeatedly said investigative ...
Between the Lines: The James O'Keefe Criminal Complaint
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyToday we introduce a regular feature of PD Investigations, in which we read between the lines of news stories by dissecting the public documents, reports, e-mails, contracts and the other written ephemera that underlie them. Monday night, Fox News Channel's "Hannity" featured the first post-arrest interview given by one of the defendants charged last week in New Orleans with "entering federal property under false pretenses for the purpose of committing a felony." The affidavit below, sworn to by FBI special agent Steven Rayes, was filed Jan. 25 with the innocuous heading "USA v. Flanagan et ...
James O'Keefe Released on Bond, Ordered to Live With Parents Until February Hearing
By David Sessions - Politics DailyJames O'Keefe, the 25-year-old conservative filmmaker who was arrested this week in connection with a plot to tamper with phone lines in Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu's New Orleans office, is out of jail on $10,000 bond, Talking Points Memo reports. The judge ordered O'Keefe to live with his parents until a preliminary hearing set for Feb. 13. O'Keefe's parents live in New Jersey and have not said much about the arrest. O'Keefe's father told the Associated Press that he was confident the alleged plot was "poor judgment ... but not much more." O'Keefe's only comment came through Twitter, where ...
ACORN Buster's Arrest Shocks Conservatives
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(Jan. 27) -- News of James O'Keefe's arrest has stunned right-wing bloggers who cheered him just a few months ago for embarrassing ACORN by masquerading as a pimp in a series of hidden-camera videos. O'Keefe and three other men are accused of tampering with the phones in Sen. Mary Landrieu's New Orleans office. The four are charged with entering federal property under false pretenses for the purpose of committing a felony, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Authorities say O'Keefe took cell phone camera video of two accomplices who posed as telephone ...
4 Men Allegedly Tried to Infiltrate Senator's Office
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW ORLEANS (Jan. 27) -- The four men accused of trying to tamper with Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu's office phones share a common experience as young ideologues writing for conservative publications. Federal authorities said two of the men posed as telephone workers wearing hard hats, tool belts and flourescent vests when they walked into the senator's office inside a federal building in New Orleans on Monday. The other two were accused of helping to organize the plan. The most well-known of the suspects is James O'Keefe, a 25-year-old whose hidden-camera expose posing as a pimp with ...
Anti-ACORN Filmmaker, Others Accused of Trying to Infiltrate Senator's Office
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyFour men have been arrested in Louisiana on suspicion of trying to gain access to Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu's New Orleans office by posing as telephone repairmen, it was reported Tuesday. Among those taken into custody was James O'Keefe, the conservative filmmaker who shot undercover videos targeting the community organizing group ACORN last year, Politico reported. O'Keefe, 25, was arrested by the U.S. Marshal's Service along with Joseph Basel, Robert Flanagan and Stan Dai, all 24, according to Politico. The suspects face felony charges of "entering federal property under false ...
ACORN Halts New Admissions, Plans Independent Probe
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is launching an independent probe into some of its services that have come under attack after undercover activists discovered some ACORN employees were open to helping people break the law. The investigation was announced Wednesday after a series of denials from the organization and after the U.S. Senate moved to block ACORN from bidding for government grants. ACORN also said it would suspend new admissions into its service programs, presumably in light of the pending probe. ...
Police: ACORN Employee's Murder Confession Not 'Factual'
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe police department in San Bernardino, Calif., where conservative activists filmed an ACORN employee confessing to the murder of her ex-husband, has issued a preliminary report saying the woman's claims "do not appear to be factual." The video, in which the now-familiar pair of undercover activists pose as a pimp and prostitute attempting to start a child prostitution ring, shows ACORN staffer Tresa Kaelke telling the camera she shot and killed her ex-husband. Kaelke, who claimed to have experience in prostitution, also offered her services if the investigators needed anyone taken out, ...
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