The sudden departure of the organization's founder and CEO appears to have prompted a mass exodus of its social-media following.
"So, currently, I have no job at Project Veritas," O'Keefe said."I have no position here based upon what the board has done. So, I'm announcing to you all that today, on Presidents Day, I'm packing up my personal belongings."
In a statement the same day, the board of directors said:"Today, James O'Keefe decided to remove his belongings from Project Veritas headquarters. The Board and Management made numerous attempts in the last 14 days to have a conversation with James, but he ignored our outreach and decided to instead leak private information to others, either by doing so himself or by proxy."
The board went on to claim that it had discovered"financial malfeasance" and that a preliminary review had indicated O'Keefe"has spent an excessive amount of donor funds in the last three years on personal luxuries." These included a $14,000 flight to meet someone about fixing his boat and more than $150,000 on cars in the last 18 months.This has to be some sort of record. RIP Project Veritas.
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