James O’Keefe, the former Head of Project Veritas, declared on Wednesday that he is starting the O’Keefe Media Group.
In a video announcing his planned new organization, O’Keefe claimed to “create an army of investigators” to uncover corruption. The platform is set to launch on July 4, 2023.
“We are going to build an army of investigators and exposers,” he said in a video. “They have awakened the sleeping giant. I’m back. Remaining by my side is a small, tight-knit group of the most elite journalists in the world. Exposing corruption requires standing up to power because power hates sunlight and we are sunlight.”
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“Welcome to the O’Keefe Media Group, where we will never be shut down,” he continued. “Because not only do I own it, but you own it too.”
The website’s description promises to equip journalists to bring “factual, unbiased stories to light.”
“Empowering and equipping a movement of thousands of people like you to report things that are wrong, with the support of an in-house team of elite journalists to bring factual, unbiased stories to light,” the website’s description reads.
On February 20, O’Keefe quit Project Veritas, the business he created in 2011 after the board put him on administrative leave while debating whether to remove him.
The company’s board of directors and his communications advisor both voiced their displeasure with his purported poor management of the business. Additionally, according to his workers, O’Keefe was “outright rude” to them and wasted money.
O’Keefe expressed feelings of “despair” over his departure from his previous company.
“Throughout my 13 years doing this my mission has evolved,” O’Keefe said. “Over the last few weeks, I have felt a lot of despair and seen a lot of evil and felt overcome with various emotions. I take away from these the gratitude that I have for many of you, most of you … I reflected upon my appreciation for many of you, what makes this great is that we actually believe in this, we have a passion for this and we have principle.”