The FBI reportedly raided the homes of several Project Veritas employees during an investigation into whether the company stole a private diary belonging to President Joe Biden’s daughter Ashley Biden.
"The FBI took materials of current and former Veritas journalists despite the fact that our legal team previously contacted the Department of Justice and voluntarily conveyed unassailable facts that demonstrate Project Veritas’ lack of involvement in criminal activity and/or criminal intent," James O’Keefe, CEO and founder of Project Veritas said, according to Washington Times.
The New York Times reported that O’Keefe said that his group is under investigation by the Justice Department to determine their connection to Ashley Biden’s stolen diary.
O’Keefe explained that "tipsters" said they found the diary after staying in a hotel room. He said that the diary contained “explosive allegations” about Biden, but since he was unable to verify if the diary was authentic, he did not publish it last year, according to the New York Post.
"At the end of the day, we made the ethical decision that because, in part, we could not determine if the diary was real, if the diary in fact belonged to Ashley Biden, or if the contents of the diary occurred, we could not publish the diary and any part thereof," O’Keefe said.
He explained that lawyers for Project Veritas contacted the DOJ last year to report the situation and even handed the diary over to police after they could not authenticate it.
“Now, Ms. Biden’s father’s Department of Justice, specifically the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, appears to be investigating the situation, claiming the diary was stolen,” O’Keefe said, according to New York Post.
Project Veritas is a website known for conducting undercover sting investigations on Democratic groups and mainstream media sources they suspect of having a liberal bias.
