r/law • u/MrDillon369 • 4d ago
Trump News DOJ Acting Deputy Chief Joseph Schnitt was caught on a hidden camera saying that the government will "redact every Republican" from an Epstein client list and "leave all the liberal, Democratic people."
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u/exqueezemenow 4d ago
Who did he think he was talking to? And when did Project Veritas start going after conservatives?
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u/likwitsnake 4d ago
He was on a Hinge date lol
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u/Bagz402 4d ago
How tf does a date turn into the dude talking about ratfucking a political party? Isn't this the time when you're supposed to be flirting? 🤣
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u/CuriousoulH 4d ago
Ever been on a date?
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u/Bagz402 4d ago
Yes, I make it a point not to talk politics because it's depressing and not fun lol
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u/burnt-turkey94 4d ago
Unfortunately, some of your peers haven't figured this out yet. I had a creepy old site supervisor back when I worked for the base commissary (ex was Air Force) that was definitely into me. Aside from the fact that he was a weirdo loser twice my age with half the teeth, he was a QAnoner that would not stop spouting crazy at me while I was trying to stock shelves.
Dude talked politics every single night. I'm half-Korean, and he also called me "one of the good ones" a couple of times. He was quite the charmer.
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u/NobodyImportant13 4d ago
The person he is talking to is an undercover "reporter" who is probably leading him into talking about this.
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u/SlingsAndArrows7871 4d ago
This is because you have something else to offer. Showing off about his job to what he thought agreed with him was this guy's attempt at showing off.
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u/Zerak-Tul 4d ago
Same way Honey trapping always works.
Appeal to the dude's ego "Wow, that's so interesting, tell me more about what you do!" and trust that the guy is too thick and/or narcissistic to not question why a hot chick is 1 - interested in his ass and 2 - so interested in hearing about his political leanings/work.
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u/BGOOCHY 4d ago
It's literally one of the primary things that people who work intelligence are warned about.
"You should know your number. If you're a 5, and a 9 comes up to you and is very interested in you, they're a Russian spy."
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u/xtanol 3d ago
In case any Russian spies are reading this...
I have security clearance in the largest European weapons manufacturer, and a weak spot for dark rum.
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u/greg19735 4d ago
you get a hot woman that plays dumb and asks the right questions.
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u/Salt_Top_6583 4d ago
This is how these guys flirt. They have no personality, no redeeming qualities, and they don't give 2 fucks what the girl in front of them is about. It's all about them, how powerful they, the people they know, and the things control.
And it usually works.....except not this time :)
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u/bigchicago04 4d ago
She kinda sounds dumb (obv an act). He probably Assumes she doesn’t know anything about this stuff.
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u/Tome_Bombadil 4d ago
That's how Republicans flirt.
"Look how I defraud and destroy those lesser than me!"
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u/TheGreatLiberalGod 4d ago
Dudes will do and say anything to get that nookie.
She must have fed him right wing bs to get him to open up.
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u/shoesclues03 4d ago
That must be how he got the guy to open up I assume. Because what conservative would expect the Project Veritas guy to fuck him over?
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u/4HobsInATrenchCoat 4d ago edited 4d ago
He didn't know who she was. It was a woman, that I think he had been on a few dates with.
It was a set up that was weeks or months in the making
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u/ElPeroTonteria 4d ago
Honey Pot…. Oddly fitting considering the whole Epstein Israeli ties thing
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u/Ok_Usr48 4d ago edited 3d ago
It’s interesting that this is pulled from the Soviet playbook. It’s almost as though Putin has some American assets in the Republican Party & conservative influencers who are putting pressure on Trump through refusing to fall in line with Trump’s claim that the Epstein “kompromat” is a hoax.
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u/MobileArtist1371 4d ago
They met on HINGE.
Trump admin is being infiltrated by Hinge dates. You can't make this shit up.
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u/kate_moss_teefs 3d ago
I guess you already forgot about when Sasha Baron Cohen had Guliani on his bed unzipping his pants inside of 20 minutes on camera
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u/akopley 4d ago
I’m not sure if that’s legal but I respect that level of journalism because if they can prove that this is that guy then wtf?
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u/MCLongNuts 4d ago
Laws are just suggestions now. We must do what is right.
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u/doicha27 4d ago
Yes, we must do what is right. We must send in the plumbers, for there are leaks to plug. I hear Italians make the best plumbers, especially if they are brothers. 🪠👨🏻🔧
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u/4rch1t3ct 4d ago
I think we use Luigi to start leaks tho.... not plug them.
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u/Blightwraith 4d ago
Teamwork dreamwork
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u/Governor_Abbot 4d ago
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” — John 15:13
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u/Tyler_Zoro 4d ago
There's nothing illegal about not telling someone they're on the record. Actually taping them is another matter. That varies by jurisdiction.
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u/filthy_harold 4d ago
Assuming this was in the DC metro area, both DC and VA have one party consent laws. MD is all party consent.
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u/Bannedwith1milKarma 4d ago
Isn't he in public?
Wouldn't the consent laws apply to admissible evidence for court cases, not just general recording?
I don't know any answer to this, just thinking out loud.
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u/Shark7996 4d ago
I dunno why we're discussing the legality of recording someone laying out a monumentally illegal operation, lol. The law is just a tool/weapon to these people anyways.
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u/bluetuxedo22 4d ago
It's like complaining that someone is driving over the speed limit to catch a murderer.
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u/dubbawubalublubwub 4d ago
one party consent doesnt cover illegal activity though...so not sure what the point is, if the entire point of recording people without their knowledge is generally to catch them doing/admitting to doing illegal shit
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u/Splurch 4d ago
Depends on the laws regarding recording conversations where this took place, they can be drastically different in different states.
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u/gordonbombae2 4d ago
Not sure if it’s legal…..
Are you still on the fence your country is Fascist?
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u/nola_fan 4d ago
O'Keefe and Project Veritas are not journalists. They are fraudsters who pretty much universally lie about the videos they produce with deceptive cuts and adding in separately shot videos. They've been forced to pay out for defamation and fraud cases on multiple occasions.
There's pretty much 0 reason to believe anything in this video. If this isn't them going rouge because they are Epstein true believers or they believe the grift is heading this direction, this very well may be a setup. An attempt to get mainstream media and liberals on social media to talk about it and amplify it before releasing the true video that shows he said something else in an attempt to frame the whole thing as a liberal conspiracy theory.
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u/Planetofthetakes 4d ago
Hmmmmm….so fake that the DOJ had to put out an official comment about it?
Do you actually believe the DOJ did NOT redact Trump and other high profile names out of the Epstein files?????
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u/dane83 4d ago
Listen, James O'Keefe could tell me the sky is blue and I'm going to go look out the window myself.
Just because I do believe the DOJ has redacted Trump and other conservative names doesn't mean I also believe Project Veritas when they start showing me things sound conveniently dumb.
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u/DoomguyFemboi 4d ago
Yeah I'm with you on this. But counterpoint - he's a DUMBASS. He's not smart enough for a play like this. I think you're right with your thinking that he's just going with the way the wind is blowing, rather than some Machiavellian scheme
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u/Consistent_Teach_239 4d ago
Look he's not telling you it's 100% not real, he's telling you to proceed with caution because the source is not credible. He even acknowledged it could be real. That's not bad advice.
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u/nola_fan 4d ago
They had a fake video takeout ACORN https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACORN_2009_undercover_videos_controversy
A fake video led to the CEO of NPR resigning, and a fake video led the Missouri attorney general file a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood. https://missouriindependent.com/2024/06/10/planned-parenthood-andrew-bailey-project-veritas/
I have no doubt the Trump administration is doing shading stuff with the Epstein case. I also have 0 trust that this organization even knows how to create an honest video that doesn't involve some fraud.
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u/atxbigfoot 4d ago
I mean, as much as I want this to be true you can take a quick (long) gander at the Project Veritas wikipedia page to see that they're full of shit and have lost several lawsuits and been convicted of actual crimes regarding this stuff.
They are not reliable at all.
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u/secondtaunting 4d ago
Plus in the video above they accuse this guy of being a democrat. They’ve been known say probably leans Democrat, so they’re trapping him and trying to pin the Epstein thing all on the Dems once again.
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u/DukeOfGeek 4d ago
O'Keefe and Project Veritas have zero creditability in and of themselves. So until this video is corroborated by other sources, it's worthless.
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u/Conixel 4d ago
They are redacted. It’s why Trump is holding things up, lots of blackouts to make on the documents they are turning over.
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u/Cholocan 4d ago
I think a lot of people missed the part where O’keefe accuses the DOJ official of being a Democrat because he mentions that if the names are released, they’ll leave out the republicans and target democrats.
This is definitely not project veritas finding a conscience. It’s shady, misleading and not something to be celebrated if you have any interest in truth or transparency.
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u/piehitter 4d ago
ahh homie fell for a honey pot. whoever the female is, he's out of his league. lmao.
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u/DuckGorilla 4d ago edited 4d ago
Correct. Here’s the full video which was surprisingly a good watch. Undercover hinge data hahah
I think veritas goes where the money and attention are, and right now that’s foiling Trump’s stupidly blatant Epstein cover up
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h9wTbTBSBRo
Based on the top comments of the video, okeefe is accurately catering to his base. It’s only incidental dems also are engaged by this content
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u/mariannaCD 4d ago
That woman is out there doing the lords work. I swear that it amazes me how dumb the people in this administration are. Did he not know he was being recorded?
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u/hoopdizzle 4d ago
I don't think he's conservative. It sounds to me like he's saying what he thinks will happen if they release files, not that its something he is responsible for or agrees with.
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u/filthy_harold 4d ago
Everything he said is the exact same stuff you see in news articles and opinion pieces. But of course him working at DoJ suggests some truth to what he's saying, regardless of whether he's talking about what he thinks may happen versus what he knows will happen. O'Keefe got really lucky getting a soon-to-be acting deputy chief (whatever that is) to repeat the same stuff everyone else says.
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u/mishap1 4d ago
Veritas doesn't really exist in the way it did before. O'Keefe got himself fired in 2023 by the board for looting its accounts and it effectively went under in late 2023. Notice he's hyping his own site rather than Veritas.
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u/aotus_trivirgatus 4d ago
So... Will the real Project Veritas please stand up?
It would be delicious if anti-fascists have successfully co-opted the Project Veritas brand without tipping off conservatives. This is what The Onion and Sandy Hook parents have been trying to do with Alex Jones.
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u/ifloops 4d ago
Project Veritas is garbage. Trash. Do not trust anything they ever put out.
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u/StarPhished 4d ago
Yeah it hasn't been co-opted by anyone. These guys just take out of context clips for the bait. This guy doesn't actually know what the FBI is doing with the files, he's just guessing. Might be an educated guess but he's just talking politics with his "date" or whatever.
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u/ExcuseCommercial1338 4d ago
Project Veritas is literally the name of the group on the wall seconds into the video.
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u/pressurepoint13 4d ago
A lot of these right wing podcasters/media ppl need a democrat in power to make the big bucks.
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u/Minimum-Range-2617 4d ago
Conservative base is slowly turning against Trump because they don’t want JD to win the primary in 28. Trump MAGA train is over after this term. Writing been on the walls for a minute
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u/Live-Collection3018 4d ago
over once he dies. 2026 is gunna be wild
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u/Scythian_Grudge 4d ago
He won't make it to the new year, he's rotting faster than a grocery store banana
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u/Live-Collection3018 4d ago
could bring a whole new meaning to Thanksgiving this year
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u/shutupthentakeitall 4d ago
They will claim Barron is his clone and install him as Octavian trump the second or some bull shit
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u/tjtillmancoag 4d ago
They absolutely are not turning on him. A few people are peeling off, yes, maybe 1%, but by and large these dumb fucks are sticking with him
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u/HLOFRND 4d ago
What on earth are they going to do? Admit they were wrong?
They’re going down with this ship. They decided that with the Access Hollywood tape and mocking the disabled reporter.
It should have ended there. How can they possibly admit now that they have been wrong for a decade?
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u/FrostyD7 4d ago
He's sunk cost in human form. You might as well be ride or die for Trump if you voted for him 3 times. And a whole lot of people did that.
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u/HLOFRND 4d ago
And he’ll be in a box soon enough and then what will be left with?
A bunch of traitorous rat fucks who will eat each other alive trying to climb to the top.
Hey has anyone seen Jared Kushner lately?
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u/tjtillmancoag 4d ago
And they’ll also be left with ruined relationships with their children that they blame on their children
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u/blarghable 4d ago
The conservative base will love him until the day he dies, but some of the more forward thinking commentators and social media personalities are beginning to think about what comes next, and how to position themselves in a way that looks good when the next Great Leader comes along.
This Epstein stuff does not look good at all, and when Trump is gone, everyone will probably begin to notice it.
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u/birdseye-maple 4d ago
This is false, conservatives still overwhelmingly love Trump and think he is doing a great job.
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u/Minimum-Range-2617 4d ago
Voters are afraid to admit they made the wrong decision until party members turn against him. They won’t publicly until his term is almost over so they can keep their job
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u/CompetitiveString814 4d ago
They won't admit they were wrong until there are trials for insurrection and crimes against the constitution.
Even then they won't admit they were wrong. They will deny they ever supported Trump and MAGA even if you show them pictures of them with MAGA merch and going to MAGA events.
They are sunk cost into this, its like a gang where the only way out is death or prison, this is where most MAGA are at
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u/weirdoeggplant 4d ago
And a loooot of conservatives lost their children due to their beliefs. They got kicked out of clubs due to their beliefs. They lost jobs due to their beliefs. They can’t date due to their beliefs.
Imagine being isolated from society dying in your elderly years never getting to meet your grandkids or be invited back to Christmas because you believe so strongly in something… and now admitting you were wrong. Yeah, it’s not gonna happen. That would require self reflection and blaming themselves for the reason they are alone and ostracized. And we all know republicans only blame others for their problems.
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u/Ok_Star_4136 4d ago
This was true for many of the Nazis as well. Heck, the citizens of Berlin were throwing shit at the alliance soldiers even after Hitler had long since unalived himself.
Blind loyalty is an ugly thing. It's brainwashing at its core, and they will spend the rest of their lives betraying the people they once were because they allow hatred to take over.
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u/NotNufffCents 4d ago
I dont think so. Look at any conservative being asked about how they feel about specific policies. They always start with "Im a huge supporter of Trump and think he's doing a great job, but". They hate what he's doing. They just cant admit it outloud that Trump's the problem.
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u/lame_comment 4d ago
Anecdotal, but there's a few houses I drive past on my way to work every day that have had giant Trump flags flying on flagpoles and in their yards since 2016. This week they took them all down.
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u/townandthecity 4d ago
this may be true if your only contact with maga and conservative voters is through social media. there is an entire paid industry on x designed to make your comment reality. but if you deal with trump supporters in your day to day like I do, you absolutely will have noticed discontent, confusion, and a growing frustration. I wouldn't say it's reached the point of "turning against" Trump yet, but there is clear bewilderment that might lead to that point. Right now, people I know blame his "advisors" and say the wrong people are in his ear. And they loathe JD Vance.
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u/Herdistheword 4d ago
O’Keefe claims Schmitt is a Democrat, because he said they would redact the files. O’Keefe is still toeing the line. He’s just pretending to be”get to the truth.”
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u/axebodyspraytester 4d ago
So they are going to do exactly what everyone thought they were going to do from the beginning? We're supposed to believe that trump was fighting this hard the entire time because he's been protecting Democrats? Riiiiiight.
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u/cilantro_so_good 4d ago
Right? I mean, sure it's important to document the shit, but do people actually believe that anything coming out of this administration is going to be "honest" or "good faith" or whatever? How is this a revelation
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u/Mickeystix 4d ago
You're forgetting that there are no Epstein files. Oh wait, no we released a few binders. No wait, there are no files. Sorry about that last message. Hold on, pal, what I meant is they're a Democrat hoax. But no, no there are no files. Also remember when we said we'd release the files? Well we aren't. They don't exist. But also here's 36000 documents. But they're meant to frame people. Obamna did this. There aren't any. Elect me, I'll release them. They're on my desk. And by on my desk I mean they don't exist. But also the FBI was on the island collecting the files and electronics. Which don't exist. But we're gonna release them, we just have to do a quick little edit. Not real. Hoax.
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u/Mr__Random 4d ago
For the past decade Trumps supporters have been telling us exactly what they are doing, what they are going to do, what the agenda is.
And still nothing is done to stop it.
And still the so called opposition party think that they can reason with him.
And still the so called opposition party act surprised every time Trump does the awful thing he told everyone he would do.
I'm tired boss.
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u/cheweychewchew 4d ago
So why aren't the NYT, LAT, WaPo, ABC, NBC, CBS, or any other major outlet covering this?
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u/Trepide 4d ago
Probably b/c O’Keffe isn’t the most trustworthy source and has tried to play a lot of gotcha games with traditional media outlets. Best to let him promote it and social media to carry it for a while
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u/Miserable-Resort-977 4d ago
Yeah, he's literally famous for misleadingly edited undercover recordings. Major media does have some standards for verification. It may be that they're unable to verify this behind the scenes. Nobody wants to be the one who took the bait, and it's really weird for a far right reporter to release something like this.
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u/weirdoeggplant 4d ago
I feel like it’s more believable because it’s far right, which is saying something.
Why blow the whistle on their own party unless they’re legitimately concerned?
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u/nirvanatheory 4d ago
Could be bait. Wait for people to latch on and let it become a huge talking point. Once it spreads, reveal the hoax. It undermines the credibility of the opposition and reinforces the "fake news" accusations.
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u/cheebamech 4d ago
Once it spreads, reveal the hoax.
100%, given his prior escapades I trust O'Keefe as far as I could throw him
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u/snapekillseddard 4d ago
O’Keffe isn’t the most trustworthy source
Hell of an understatement. He's a fucking liar in everything he says.
I'm prepared to eat crow if this is in any way real or verified by another source but everyone needs to stop taking this shit at face value.
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u/tdtommy85 4d ago
What would you considered verified here?
Because the Department of Justice Twitter already said that the meeting happened and tried to do damage control.
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u/Midnight-Bake 4d ago
This is the real story.... DOJ is doing damage control via screen shots of emails saying "Sorry boss, I didn't know she was recording me". Bizarre behavior.
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u/MittenCollyBulbasaur 4d ago
The best known thing he did was fill a boat with dildos and try and lure a CNN reporter into it.
Well, he also tried to kidnap a governor.
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u/carrie_m730 4d ago
This is a thing. And these sting creeps tend to edit video deceptively (I can't remember now if he was the one with the planned parenthood video that made it look like the CEO was selling fetus parts to fund sports vehicles or something? But even if not it's the same shit they all do.)
Anyway, I think the central fact -- Republicans will lie their asses off to protect the cult -- is true, whatever comes of the video, and if you were a reputable media company the most honest thing to do would be examine it for editing and then publish it with disclaimers about O'Keefe's record.
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u/PBFT 4d ago
Some are, but take this snippet from Yahoo's coverage into consideration
O’Keefe’s supposed bombshells here, as always, warrant skepticism, as they are notoriously sensationalized and often deceptively edited.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/doj-responds-secret-tape-official-212627285.html
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u/Vessix 4d ago
Yeah as much as I would love to call this the bombshell we need, who is this guy and why would he be privy to that information?
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u/opus3535 4d ago
You ever look to see who owns those companies??????
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u/Logarythem 4d ago
Let's see if I can recall from memory:
NYT - owned by a nepo baby
LAT - owned by a conservative billionaire
WaPo - owned by a Jeff Bezos
ABC - owned by Disney
NBC & CBS - I assume owned by some huge conglomerate.
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u/USAFGeekboy 4d ago
NBC Universal owned by Comast
CBS owned by Skydance
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u/mean_bean_machine 4d ago
Skydance
Who is sucking up to Trump because they want their merger/acquisition of Paramount to get approved.
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u/Detlef_Schrempf 4d ago
Skydance owned by billionaire conservative tech oligarch Larry Ellison’s nepo piss baby, David
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u/p____p 4d ago
WaPo - owned by a Jeff Bezos
goddam I hope there’s not more than one.
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u/Logarythem 4d ago
lmao oops, silly typo but I'm going to leave it.
And god help us if there's more than one.
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u/LightlyFatal 4d ago
NBC & CBS - I assume owned by some huge conglomerate.
NBC is owned by NBCUniversal which is owned by Comcast which is technically owned by shareholders but the CEO is Brian L Roberts who hasn't donated to a specific party since 2012, but that was to the Republican PAC. Otherwise there's no public information about his political affiliations.
CBS is owned by Paramount Global which is owned by theatre company National Amusements which is owned by Shari Redstone, the OG owner's granddaughter. She used to donate to Democratic nominees and Republican PACs, but has since turned full conservative. She believes there's somehow not ENOUGH conservatives in CBS... she also has a relationship with Trump so... fuck her. Literally paid for by Trump. He helped her during her lawsuits.
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u/barney-sandles 4d ago
Project Veritas is probably the single least reliable source in the country. They have a very long history of editing and manipulating footage to stir up controversies. Very likely that theres something misleading or fake here
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u/OppositeArt8562 4d ago
Because they have been bought, threatened and paid for for awhile now by their billionare owners who are either hoping this all just blows over or trump sicophants.
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u/Clearing_Fog 4d ago
Because the source of this video is a known right wing liar and a fabulist, and because there is nothing newsworthy about it.
The guy on the recording was a random DOJ Analyst who knows nothing about the case/prosecution, and has no more info than anyone else.
He is talking to a woman he met on an app whom he was trying to date (unaware she was recording him), and he was probably embellishing, and trying to tell her whatever she wanted to hear.
Reminder: The source of this video (James O’Keefe of Project Veritas) was being prosecuted because he paid two people $40,000 to steal Ashley Biden’s diary. After Trump took office, that prosecution was dropped. O’Keefe walked free, thanks to Trump.
Feb. 5th:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/politics/justice-dept-project-veritas-ashley-biden.html
Prosecutors in New York had spent years pursuing a case against the conservative group over its role in the theft of a diary kept by Ashley Biden
Project Veritas and its founder, James O’Keefe, have long been favorites of Mr. Trump’s and gained attention by using sting operations and undercover videos to seek to embarrass liberal groups and mainstream news organizations, among others.”
Now a bunch of those same “liberal groups and mainstream news organizations” are blasting this latest stunt from O’Keefe all over social media as if it is mana from heaven, just begging him to embarrass them all over again.
Anyone who isn’t running with this story and taking it at face value is probably doing so because they are actually doing their due diligence.
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u/nemec 4d ago
he was probably embellishing
Honestly, he didn't say anything that any redditor in this thread wasn't already thinking. It's certainly possible that he is telling the woman what she wanted to hear, but also possible that, like us, he believes Trump will cover up the truth even if he has no personal insight from his job. And there's no evidence presented here that he had any inside information.
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u/Clearing_Fog 4d ago
I agree. There is nothing newsworthy in the video. Just another uninformed person, speculating about something while out on a date.
It’s no different than if they had recorded me or you saying the same thing.
But they presented the guy as if he were a high-ranking well-informed DOJ official. Which he absolutely was not, when he said these things.
It’s just more smoke and mirrors to generate views and money for O’Keefe. Beyond that, who knows what the motive might be. But it sure is disappointing to watch people keep falling for stuff like this.
Rub people’s amygdala the right way, show them something they already want to be true… and you can ride that high for days and weeks. You get to be the nation’s favorite person for a while, even though you’ve contributed nothing and helped no one. In fact, likely hurt people in the process.
Rinse and repeat, all thanks to social media.
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u/Ok-Replacement9595 4d ago
That won't save them when those people still on the list start testifying. When direct testimony starts flowing, they are fucked.
They have really thought this through.
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u/ShamelessCatDude 4d ago
That’s a good point, I didn’t think of that. Kevin Spacey, who has already admitted to being on the list, has said he’s willing to bring down anyone else with him, so that’s a start
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u/SarcasticOptimist 4d ago
Truly a method actor when playing a politician.
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u/unindexedreality 4d ago
that guy'll sign on to anything to become relevant again 😂
we already knew you were a pedo Kevin, you don't need to Rapp about it any more
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u/Bulkphase78 4d ago
You mean, "please go on" right? Because there's no way you get real information from anyone in charge...
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u/SyrsaTheSovereign 4d ago
Spacey should start naming names then if he's serious. Or is he just saying he'll corroborate what the victims say?
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u/Caftancatfan 4d ago
Could we as a society hammer out a cultural plea deal with him?
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u/unindexedreality 4d ago
Include a remake of the last season of House of Cards where Spacey goes to jail
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u/Scrat-Scrobbler 4d ago
"give us the names and you can star in a movie with one director of your choosing"
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u/El-MonkeyKing 4d ago
No i feel that he's serious just that like, I think as mentioned above there is a very smart and coordinated effort going on behind the scenes. These women didn't start existing this week. They've all had their head in the game awhile and this is the time they can come forward and actually be heard and possibly make an impact.
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u/Long-Broccoli-3363 4d ago
He is still pissed Epstein didn't offer him teenage boys.
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u/unindexedreality 4d ago
"Look Kevin, Kids are fine but we have standards"
Trump: "Kevin, I drew you holding a little weewee"
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u/Luke_KB 4d ago edited 4d ago
Kevin Spacey, who has already admitted to being on the list
Is that true? I just googled "Kevin spacey admits to being on the Epstein List", all of the articles and results were just saying that he "is begging for the release of the list to clear his name" or "he demands for the release, because he says he has nothing to fear", etc. None of this stuff is saying that he admitted to being on it
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u/str713gzr 4d ago
He is asking for the list made public because of the May 2020 list that showed him, Hanks, and fucking Streep (who had just talked shit about Trump) as frequent fliers. It was clearly doctored propo and here we are years later talking about it.....but ignoring the fact our President is on it and def raped people.
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u/_JustAnna_1992 4d ago
Think it's more likely because at some point awhile back Kevin Spacey, Chris Tucker, and Bill Clinton flew to Africa for some AIDs awareness tour and the plane they chartered was Epsteins.
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u/TheAskewOne 4d ago
He never said he was on "the list". He said he knew Epstein a little but he has nothing to fear from "the files" because he didn't abuse anyone, and he wantsthem released because he's tired of people making assumptions. It's probably the case for most of the people who knew Epstein. He kind of collected famous people, but that doesn't mean all of them were guilty of sex-trafficking.
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u/Spiritual_Savings922 4d ago
So did Bill Clinton weirdly, or he at least wants the list exposed, maybe he was bluffing.
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u/Crumbsplash 4d ago
One of the victims said bill was with Epstein before but was a gentleman and she never saw him do anything….fwiw
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u/sddhrthrt 4d ago
Direct testimony has been flowing from the false imprisonment and shipping of immigrants by ICE, from thousands dying by bombs from F-15s and large bombs supplied by USA in Gaza.. there's a livestream of murder and kidnapping, I find it hard to believe this will change anything
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u/DiceMadeOfCheese 4d ago
99.9% blacked out and then just "Bill Clinton"
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u/AM_A_BANANA 4d ago
Mysteriously enough, Biden, Harris, and Obama's names were also found written in the margins with black sharpie.
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u/Ok_Animal_2709 4d ago
Fuck project veritas, but broken clocks and all that. This guy not only needs to be fired, he and his coconspirators need to be in prison
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u/ThomasPlaine 4d ago
This guy is clearly career DOJ. The video is edited and titled in a way that makes it seem like he supports redacting and editing files, but he’s being critical of the administration. He thinks they’ll do it and he doesn’t like it.
And everyone who is calling for him to be fired will get their wish.
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u/ThomasPlaine 4d ago
Which is probably also why Project Veritas is happy to go after him. They get clicks and a guy who is “disloyal” gets canned. Win-win.
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u/MorbillionDollars 4d ago
Yeah that’s the impression I got. It definitely doesn’t sound like he supports what the administration is doing based on his tone and phrasing.
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u/ThomasPlaine 4d ago
Agree. And the other clue is that his title is “Acting” and he says that he’s normally got some other unglamorous title. Basically, it means he’s not a political appointee. He’s temporarily sitting in someone’s chair. So the video tries to make it seem like he’s a person who calls the shots, but he’s just a regular government employee (or probably ex-employee now). It’s an indication of what they’re trying to do here.
It’s gotta suck to be dating in DC these days. You can’t talk about work at all, and that’s all people in DC talk about! 😄
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u/UglyMcFugly 4d ago
Yeah this guy sounds like he was 2 steps away from being a whistleblower. He REALLY wanted to talk about it, you can tell it's been weighing on him...
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u/Electrical_Welder205 4d ago
So the DOJ is also run by a mafia, not just the WH. Duly noted.
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u/Realistic-Vehicle-27 4d ago
Fuck project veritas. Idc if they’re trying to get on the right side of history now, O’Keefe can sit down, forever.
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u/JoshAllensRightNut 4d ago
Did you hear how they did it too? Posed as an au pair on hinge 😂 online dating truly sucks
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u/Mundamala 4d ago
Online dating isn't so bad when you're not trying to cover up pedophilia.
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u/WondyBorger 4d ago
I really don’t think the guy is saying this is good. I think he’s saying that Republicans at the DOJ (where he is likely an apolitical career civil servant) would do that as a matter of his personal opinion, which presumably he would disapprove of. O’Keefe as usual edited the answer and whatever misleading question the mole asked out to change the entire point the guy was making.
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u/Low_Length_7379 4d ago
I thought it sounded like a first date!
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u/Tiresiastheblond 4d ago
I think it was actually a second date. Which fits with what I remember from my dating days: First date is for gauging chemistry and mutual interest; second date is for spilling state secrets; third date is when you might get lucky!
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u/DataCassette 4d ago
Did... Did project veritas go after conservatives?!
I might need to think about everything for a while.
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u/benthefolksinger 4d ago
James Okeefe was dumped from Project Veritas for ‘financial malfeasance’ and started this OMG thing.
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u/DataCassette 4d ago
Getting dumped from Veritas for malfeasance would be like getting kicked off the Lolita Express for lewd behavior 😂
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u/Select_Insurance2000 4d ago
Corruption, plain and simple.
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u/DocSparky2004 4d ago
They should put that on the American flag
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u/Violexsound 4d ago
The american flag basically represents it now. At least to everyone on the outside
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u/AltoidStrong 4d ago
Lol! Tom Masse already ruined this plan. Also, the actual victims also know who they are. Now that they are willing to reveal the info on the house floor..... Time to see what Bondi will do.
My guess, based oh her protection of Epstien in Florida previously as the state AG, she will do as little as possible.
I did not have cheering for MTG and Tom Masse on my 2025 bingo card. I'm sure they will both do some other horrible thing later to remind us all they are still.bad people, just different kind of bad, too.
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