Thread by @desderamona

7 March 2020

‘Erik Prince Recruits Ex-Spies to Help Infiltrate Liberal Groups’

‘Mr. Prince, a contractor close to the Trump administration, contacted veteran spies for operations by Project #Veritas, the conservative group known for …”

Richard #Seddon
nytimes.com/2020/03/07/us/…

‘… known for conducting stings on news organizations and other groups.’

“occasionally using Mr. #Seddon to make the pitch — Mr. Prince said he wanted the Project #Veritas employees to learn skills like how to recruit sources and how to conduct clandestine recordings”

https://twitter.com/desderamona/status/1236332668574404611

21 Oct 2020

‘Ex-Spy Was Central to Project #Veritas Hiring Effort, Testimony Shows’

‘A British former intelligence officer was said to have recruited and interviewed potential hires as the conservative group sought to have former spies train employees.’

nytimes.com/2020/10/21/us/…

“… Job applicants traveled to Wyoming in 2017 for interviews with the former intelligence officer, Richard #Seddon … The interviews conducted by Mr. Seddon and his colleagues took place near the airport in the small town of Cody, not far from [Erik] Prince’s family ranch.”

https://twitter.com/desderamona/status/1363167359532371971

Erik “Prince, in one instance, helped recruit a former member of M16 … to infiltrate the American Federation of Teachers … The man, identified in documents as Richard #Seddon, directed an undercover woman to secretly film leaders of the union”

businessinsider.com/project-vertia…

“During the sting, #Seddon was said to have told the operative placed inside the organization - Marisa Jorge, 23 -to copy union files & secretly tape conversations between local union leaders, so they could be made public w/the aim of damaging the union.”

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…

“… Jorge - using a different alias - was also said to have gone undercover in Rep. Abigail Spanberger's (D-Va.) congressional campaign prior to her election in 2018.”

Richard #Seddon
former MI6 agent
Erik Prince
Project Veritas
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…

https://twitter.com/desderamona/status/884854015565193216

“The founder of the private military contractor Blackwater has been hiring British and American spies to carry out operations, including infiltrating a Democratic congressional campaign and a labor organization. The apparent goal? …”

Richard #Seddon
slate.com/news-and-polit…

“… The apparent goal? Get information that could be used against the groups that are seen as hostile to President Donald Trump and his agenda.”

Richard #Seddon
Project Veritas
Erik Prince
slate.com/news-and-polit…

https://twitter.com/desderamona/status/1296548495583842305

‘Activists and Ex-Spy Said to Have Plotted to Discredit Trump ‘Enemies’ in Government’

‘The campaign included planned operations against President Trump’s national security adviser at the time, H.R. McMaster, and FBI employees, according to documents…”

nytimes.com/2021/05/13/us/…

‘… and interviews.’

“Central to the effort, according to interviews, was Richard #Seddon, a former undercover British spy who was recruited in 2016 by the security contractor Erik Prince to train Project Veritas operatives”

Ledeen
Tarah Price
Anna Khait
nytimes.com/2021/05/13/us/…

https://twitter.com/desderamona/status/1129018184869265408