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RandySF

(58,874 posts) Thu Jan 12, 2012, 04:09 PM Jan 2012

James O’Keefe Says $50K Donation Funded Voter Fraud Stunt (TPM)

An “extremely generous donor” gave $50,000 to James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas to fund their voter fraud stunt in New Hampshire on Tuesday, the conservative activist said in a email to supporters.

“Our Voter Fraud investigation is being funded with a gift of $50,000 from an extremely generous donor — but that covers the cost of just ONE national project,” O’Keefe wrote in a fundraising email.

Project Veritas received non-profit status from the IRS and said in an application that it wanted to raise $1.65 million over a three year period. A $50,000 donation will likely show up on the organization’s yearly 990 forms, but that information wouldn’t be available until this spring or the spring of 2013, depending upon if the donation was made in 2011 or 2012.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/james_okeefe_says_50k_donation_funded_voter_fraud_stunt.php?ref=fpa

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James O’Keefe Says $50K Donation Funded Voter Fraud Stunt (TPM) (Original Post) RandySF Jan 2012 OP

the boy's got himself a flim-flam and a pile o' suckers rurallib Jan 2012 #1

I hope they throw that asshole in jail, for a long, long time. Who does he think he is? MADem Jan 2012 #2

If his donor knew or should have known what he was up to... MedicalAdmin Jan 2012 #6

+1 nt MADem Jan 2012 #11

NO, no wait, lemme guess. The bribe came from Mickey Mouse? WingDinger Jan 2012 #3

lol - good one tabatha Jan 2012 #4

I hope they offer him a reality show on MSNBC. CAll it, Lockup, Okeefe residence. WingDinger Jan 2012 #5

Does NH have an identity theft law under which to prosecute him? LonePirate Jan 2012 #7

Is he admitting a RICO conspiracy to commit fraud? FSogol Jan 2012 #8

I was just coming in here to post that. justiceischeap Jan 2012 #9

How the hell did that cost $50K? drm604 Jan 2012 #10

rurallib

(62,416 posts)

1. the boy's got himself a flim-flam and a pile o' suckers

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Jan 12, 2012, 04:13 PM

Jan 2012

too bad he couldn't do honest union work.

MADem

(135,425 posts)

2. I hope they throw that asshole in jail, for a long, long time. Who does he think he is?

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Jan 12, 2012, 04:16 PM

Jan 2012

It's not all that hard to purse snatch, either, if you're motivated. Should he make a How-To video on that subject, too?

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/election_law_experts_say_james_okeefe_accomplices_could_face_charges_over_voter_fraud_stunt.php

Now election law experts tell TPM that O’Keefe’s allies could face criminal charges on both the federal and state level for procuring ballots under false names, and that his undercover sting doesn’t demonstrate a need for voter ID laws at all.

Federal law bans not only the casting of, but the “procurement” of ballots “that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held.”

Hamline University law professor David Schultz told TPM that there’s “no doubt” that O’Keefe’s investigators violated the law.

...Election law expert Rick Hasen, who writes the Election Law Blog, joked in an email to TPM that O’Keefe’s team should “next show how easy it is to rob a bank with a plastic gun.”