Just over a week after a sting attempt on
The Washington Post apparently tied to Project Veritas spectacularly
backfired, Project Veritas President James O’Keefe was honored as a “hero” by the conservative group United for Purpose.
O’Keefe
accepted the “Impact” award from United for Purpose’s president, Ginni
Thomas, who is married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
“Proud
to receive the Impact award from Ginni Thomas on behalf of
the @project_veritas team,” O’Keefe wrote in an Instagram caption
documenting the ceremony, which took place at the Trump International
Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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According
to United for Purpose, recipients of the award must demonstrate “broad
impact,” show “tenacity, courage and perseverance even under hostile
attacks,” or be “an asset to the whole liberty movement,” among other criteria.
Project
Veritas is a conservative organization that claims its mission is to
expose biases in the mainstream media by going undercover. It has an
impressive record of failed stings, apparently including a recent attempt
to discredit the Post’s groundbreaking reporting on Republican Senate
candidate Roy Moore and his alleged sexual harassment of teenage girls
when he was in his 30s.
Through
standard background checks, the Post uncovered that a woman claiming to
be another Moore accuser was likely affiliated with O’Keefe’s group and
was seen walking into Project Veritas’ offices. She approached Post
reporters as part of an organized attempt to trick the paper into
publishing a false story so it would cast doubt on the accounts of other
women who say Moore victimized them, the Post reported.
“The
intent by Project Veritas clearly was to publicize the conversation if
we fell for the trap,” Post Executive Editor Martin Baron said last week. “Because of our customary journalistic rigor, we weren’t fooled.”
O’Keefe refused to comment when reporters asked about his group’s ties to the failed sting attempt.
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