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Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe charged with identity theft in Minnesota

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James O'Keefe, founder of Project Veritas, and activist Cam Higby have been charged with felony identity theft and unlawful voting in Minnesota. The charges stem from an incident where they allegedly used fake names and posed as other registered voters at polling places during the state's primary election. O'Keefe claims they were acting as investigative journalists to expose vulnerabilities in the state's voting system and did not intend to cast ballots. AI

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Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe charged with identity theft in Minnesota

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Mark Vancleave, Rebecca Boone, The Associated Press ·

    Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe charged with identity theft over fake names given to Minnesota poll workers

    Moriarty said the situation shows that “the system for identifying misconduct and responding to it functioned well during the primary.”

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