Mon Feb 20, 2023 – 2:14 pm EST
MAMARONECK, New York (LifeSiteNews) — James O’Keefe has either resigned or been ousted from undercover conservative journalistic operation Project Veritas, according to numerous reports. The news comes after O’Keefe was reportedly placed on administrative leave by the Project Veritas board, leading to rampant speculation regarding his future with the nonprofit he founded and led.
One America News Network (OANN) reporter Neil McCabe said in a Monday tweet that O’Keefe, McCabe’s “friend and former boss at [Project Veritas], just read his resignation letter to his former team and board members at their Mamaroneck, N.Y. headquarters.”
“James will make his own way—as he always has before,” McCabe said.
However, former Project Veritas journalist R.C. Maxwell disputed McCabe’s recounting, arguing that O’Keefe didn’t resign but was kicked out by the nonprofit’s board of directors.
“James was removed from his position as CEO by the Project Veritas board,” he wrote. “They are in charge now.”
Social media users supportive of O’Keefe received the news of his exit from Project Veritas with an outpouring of support for the controversial 38-year-old journalist.
Many repeated a general sentiment shared in the previous days and weeks
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