O'Keefe v. Twitter update: today, the NY Supreme Court issued a ruling saying that despite Twitter having a huge office in NY, and despite it lying about a NY resident, Twitter could not be sued in NY without proof the defamatory statement made by Twitter was made IN NY. 1/3
This jurisdictional ruling does not address the merits of our lawsuit against Twitter, or prevent our lawsuit from going forward either via appeal or in another jurisdiction. We are evaluating our next steps. 2/3
While we are disappointed with the ruling, jurisdictional battles are common—Twitter lost one earlier in the case. We will continue to #ExposeTwitter & hold them accountable. Meanwhile, follow James O'Keefe on Gettr gettr.com/user/jamesokee… to stay current on our latest moves! 3/3
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For months before FBI raids on Project Veritas over Ashley Biden diary DOJ already had, DOJ was spying on multiple PV journalists through secret subpoenas to Microsoft, concealed by secret, renewed gag orders. Which other journalists are they spying on?! projectveritas.com/news/microsoft…
The DOJ’s dragnet subpoenas of American journalists, including their attorney client, source, & donor communications, appears to violate a court order by SDNY Judge Torres, not to mention violating the First Amendment, the federal Privacy Protection Act, and DOJ regulations!
We do not have a free press in this country if the DOJ itself is allowed to be above the law, to simply bulldoze through our most fundamental constitutional law, federal laws protecting journalists from exactly such spying, and the Biden DOJ’s own regulations!!
BREAKING Project Veritas news: after unconstitutional raid on regime critics, after leaking to @nytimes about their manufactured “investigation” & after judge orders special master to secure privilege, DOJ tries to impose 100% of $$$ on PV! Our 🔥response: assets.ctfassets.net/syq3snmxclc9/3…
See how they do?
* government targets critic
* concocts fake basis for armed raid
* tips off media lackeys to embarrass target
* brazenly ignores lawyer, donor, 1A privilege
* gets slapped by judge with third party oversight
* tries to shift cost of government abuses to victim!
3/ Now imagine you are NOT Project Veritas, you are Joe Citizen. You don’t have half a dozen indefatigable lawyers on speed dial. What happens to you?
The gross abuse of power by DOJ and FBI should concern all citizens. DOJ is not the secret police for Biden familia.
So the copyright-troll anarchist Antifan who sued @MrAndyNgo would like everyone to know that lawyer @AlanKesslr (who blocked me preemptively) approached her, who admits she has no interest in copyrights, or damages, and was misinformed about the lawsuit filed on her behalf...
2/ According to his client, Alan Kessler exploited her. His baseless lawsuit was dismissed after a meet and confer @RonColeman and I had with the OTHER lawyer in the case. This dude below, ALSO tried and failed to recall Portland lib mayor @tedwheeler. Who's paying his bills?
3/I give Ms. Lewis honesty points for posting her Ls...I mean calling @MrAndyNgo's lawyers animals is a bit harsh, since she didn't even get a chance to see @RonColeman or me in action yet, but in what universe is it rational for an anarchist to file both copyrights AND lawsuits?
Christmas came early for our @dhillonlaw clients #projectveritas#jamesokeefe today! NY Trial court issued devastating opinion ruling that the @nytimes improperly obtained and published its litigation adversary’s non-waived privileged communications:
More excerpts from the opinion:
3/ I’m working to get full opinion up will link it, but bottom line is the @nytimes’ discovery and litigation misconduct was repeatedly called out by Justice Wood, and he threatens prompt sanctions if the paper doesn’t comply!! Kudos to @libbylocke who won this! @ClareLockeLLP
Well well… it looks like the frivolous Antifa troll lawsuit against our @Liberty_Ctr client @MrAndyNgo was quietly dismissed after an honest discussion amongst counsel. A meet and confer that yielded an efficient result! A Christmas miracle! 🎄🎅🏽 Ho Ho Ho!
Kudos to my partner @RonColeman, whose superior intellect, winning knowledge of IP law, and calm, problem-solving manner, capably put the kibosh on this nonsensical lawsuit alleging that two Antifans could make a federal case over a journalists’a proper use of Twitter. 😎🥳
Antifa PR squad masquerading as journalists at these outlets all, in a crudely choreographed fashion, ran hit pieces promoting this grossly defective lawsuit: @thedailybeast, @theintercept, @dailydot, @Oregonian. Some argued with me about copyright law. Others just propagandized.
BOOM!!! Federal court orders the appointment of a special master to review materials seized from Project Veritas in the DOJ’s Ashley Biden Diary case… despite DOJ objections, court rules First Amendment protections support our client’s request. Great work by Paul Calli and team!
2/ Why is the DOJ using battering rams and grand juries and secret warrant applications and a ton of federal LEO resources on a diary some other outfit published a year ago? Is the president abusing his power by using the DOJ to do his private bidding to harass journalists?
3/ Project Veritas is gratified that multiple media outlets and journalist organizations have recognized the seminal importance of this case. DOJ has even tried to argue that PV are not journalists so those pesky constitutional, statutory, and regulatory constraints don’t apply.