Chilling Journalistic Crackdown by Feds, and the Future of Unions, with James O'Keefe and Max Alvarez | Ep. 299

The Megyn Kelly Show

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Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2022

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by James O'Keefe, founder and CEO of Project Veritas, for an exclusive interview about new information that the feds were spying on him and his organization through Microsoft, Apple and Google, his attempts to corroborate the diary of Ashley Biden, the way the FBI got involved, the journalistic tactics of Project Veritas, the chilling journalistic crackdown by the feds, the left and right uniting behind the need for journalistic transparency, the New York Times' coordination with the Department of Justice, O'Keefe's journalism that exposed a NYT's reporters' real thoughts about January 6, and more. Then Max Alvarez, author of "The Work of Living" and editor of The Real News, to talk about the unionization rise at Amazon, Starbucks and more (and the corporate roadblocks and pushback), how these companies square progressive values with an anti-union stance, the value of hard work, the challenge of the American Dream, the need for collective responsibility in America, how the Obama years drove people to support Trump and Bernie Sanders, whether union leaders are serving union members, and more.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, your home for open, honest, and provocative conversations.
0:07.0	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly Show.
0:15.2	On the program today, the ever controversial and always interesting James O'Keefe of
0:21.1	Project Veritas.
0:23.2	For the past few months, James has been locked in a high stakes, unbelievable legal battle,
0:29.0	the US Department of Justice over an abandoned or stolen diary, apparently belonging to President
0:35.5	Biden's 40-year-old daughter, Ashley.
0:38.3	We're going to get into this.
0:39.6	You're not going to believe this story.
0:41.2	This past November, the FBI raided the homes of several Project Veritas employees.
0:46.9	Okay, this is a journalism operation.
0:49.2	Raided the homes of several journalists working for Project Veritas, including James.
0:54.6	The government took several dozen phones and computers, containing information on confidential
1:00.0	sources, upcoming stories, and private donor information.
1:05.0	James says the raid's bar exceeded the limits set by the warrants.
1:09.6	The raid was so controversial, the ACLU, which can't stand Project Veritas, came out
1:15.1	in defense of James, saying, quote, could have serious consequences for press freedom.
1:21.8	And a few weeks ago, Project Veritas found out from Microsoft that federal prosecutors
1:27.3	had compelled Microsoft to allow them to secretly access emails of some staffers.
1:36.7	Microsoft wanted to tell Project Veritas that this had happened.
1:39.4	The Fed said, keep your mouth shut.
1:41.7	And the only reason they ultimately found out is because Microsoft took them to court.
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