Posted on 12/26/2023 8:29:12 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A right-wing group specializing in hidden-camera investigations will not be able to use the First Amendment to stop the federal government from accessing documents and communications related to the group’s apparent acquisition of a stolen diary belonging to President Joe Biden’s daughter.
As Law&Crime previously reported, the FBI executed a search warrant in 2021 at the property of Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe, as well as from Project Veritas staffers Spencer Meads and Eric Cochran. The search warrants were granted in connection with the theft and sale of the personal journal belonging to Ashley Biden, the president’s daughter. Two people, Aimee Harris and Robert Kurlander, pleaded guilty in August 2022 to conspiring to commit interstate transportation of stolen property, admitting that they stole personal property — including Ashley Biden’s diary — and sold it to Project Veritas for a total of $40,000.
A special master, retired federal judge Barbara Jones, was selected to conduct a review of the documents in connection with the government’s investigation and determine which ones weren’t protected by the First Amendment, the reporter’s privilege, or attorney-client privilege. Project Veritas, Meads, Cochran, and O’Keefe — who is no longer with the organization — have been fighting the release of items seized under the 2021 search warrants.
In March, Jones released her report, which found that the DOJ’s seizure of the documents didn’t violate those principles and determined that, for the most part, the federal government could legally access the documents.
On Dec. 21, U.S. District Judge Alisa Nadine Torres agreed with Jones and upheld the special master’s conclusions. Torres, a Barack Obama appointee, rejected O’Keefe’s arguments that the documents and communications were off-limits to government...
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Possession is 9/10’s of the law
Huh. Looks like the server got bleached and all the data is lost. Wonder how that happened.
Publish the diary and issue is mute.
If she was at a treatment facility, then she had a therapist, if she’d never had one before. That therapist is obligated to report incidents of sexual abuse by a primary care giver to social services, which is required to investigate, even if the alleged perp is dead and no matter how long ago, the rationale is to allow other victims to come forward, or to prevent the alleged perp from repeating the offense. This should be investigated by the House and added to the articles of impeachment.
I’d argue “fine, IF it was stolen”. The government needs to provide the evidence it was. If it wasn’t, it’s none of their business. Otherwise, the government can make this claim any time somebody provides evidence of wrongdoing by a politician, just say it was ‘stolen’ and then go after whomever was involved.
O'Keefe then formed OMG (O'Keefe Media Group) and resumed his gadfly ways (hurrah!).
Now PV seems to be alive and well with O'Keefe still involved.
Anyone able to clear this up for me?
The diary was acquired while O’Keefe was at Project Veritas.
Is PV even extant at this point?
I give up.
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