residence and the residences of his associates – and declared the government"better" be able to provide evidence Project Veritas was involved in criminal activity in order to justify the raid.
PROJECT VERITAS' JAMES O'KEEFE SPEAKS OUT AFTER FBI RAIDED HOME: 'THIS IS AN ATTACK ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT' The controversial Project Vertias, which frames itself as a conservative whistleblower watchdog group, has previously released hidden camera footage of network news producers and other public figures making statements while unaware they were being recorded. As a result of its tactics, some critics don’t consider the organization a true journalism outfit – but Wemple doesn’t think that matters.
"In a letter to the Justice Department, Project Veritas’s attorneys argued that the seizure of O’Keefe’s phone violated those protections," Wemple wrote."Not so, responded Justice." "The Supreme Court has ruled that publishing information that had been obtained illegally is protected by the First Amendment, on the condition that the news outlet didn’t participate in unlawful activities and the material was newsworthy," Wemple wrote.
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