Donors served a cease-and-desist letter to the Project Veritas Board of Directors on Thursday as they met to discuss the fate of their founder James O’Keefe. The severity of this move reflects ongoing worries regarding staff complaints regarding O’Keefe’s treatment of employees in recent weeks.
As the board of Project Veritas, the prominent company formed and made famous by James O’Keefe, moves to remove him, Twitter is ablaze with shock. What could possible have sparked a disagreement between its renowned founder and such a seasoned presence?
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Swig, the owner of the Twitter account, shared a picture of the letter that was sent by the legal business Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders. According to the letter, the company is a major donor to Project Veritas. “The big wig donors to Project Veritas are not taking the board actions against James O’Keefe lying down,” Swig tweeted.
The Attorney’s letter state that the “firm represents a large group of significant donors to Project Veritas who have grave concerns about the Board of Directors’ reported action to remove Founder and CEO Jame O’Keefe from his leadership position, change the structure of the Project Veritas entities and their Boards (raising risks for the entities’ charitable status), and operate Project Veritas for purposes other than those for which the organization was established.“
“By taking or threatening these actions, the Board is straying from its roots and the express purpose for which it raised considerable funds from the public, including our clients. We are concerned that the Board may already be acting in violation of Virginia charitable solicitation and trust law and ask that the Board refrain from taking further actions to fundamentally undermine the purposes for which Project Veritas be established. We also ask that funds donated to Project Veritas be preserved and not spent for purposes not contrary to those for which they were solicited.”
The letter then gives the background of O’Keefe’s hard work that has resulted in contributions and grants doubling and that Project Veritas “has solicited funds for the purpose of supporting Mr. O’Keefe in his mission.”
An explanation of the Virginia Charitable Solicitation and Trust Law was cited, which “makes clear that funds solicited for a specific purpose must be used for the ‘solicited purpose’ and funds raised by ‘general appeals’ must be used for the general purposes of the charitable…organization.” It went on to express a concern that the “Board’s actions to restrict or remove Mr. O’Keefe from his position, take control of the Project Veritas entities and operate them in a manner inconsistent with the purpose for which the entities were established would violate Virginia law.”
The letter begged with the board to keep all records important to their proceedings confidential and admonished them to avoid making any decisions that might reduce Mr. Okeefe’s role or alter Project Veritas’ goal.
Swig Tweeted, “Looks like they have hired a big-name law firm that sent a letter which seems to suggest the board is running afoul of Virginia law and exposing themselves to substantial liability!”
He also tweeted, “Why don’t they understand? James is Project Veritas. Project Veritas is James. We, the People, stand with James!”
Jack Posobiec tweeted that as of early evening Friday, there was not a decision at Project Veritas.
“UPDATE: Project Veritas board meeting has ended, no decision made yet on James O’Keefe.
