Last fall, Project Veritas was raided by the FBI, which collected various documents and devices. Then things got worse. Despite a judge’s ruling, the Department of Justice went to multiple magistrates and obtained secret warrants to collect communications between multiple journalists from Microsoft.
Do you remember how people on the left scoffed at the idea of the Deep State? What would you call this?
Remember, this is all about a diary that belongs to Joe Biden’s daughter, Ashley.
From Project Veritas:
Microsoft Corporation Legal Documents Show Biden DOJ Spying on Project Veritas Journalists; Hides it from Federal Court JudgeBombshell Microsoft Corporation legal documents released by Project Veritas reveal that President Biden’s Department of Justice filed a series of secret warrants, orders, and a subpoena to surreptitiously collect privileged, and constitutionally protected, communications and contacts of eight Project Veritas journalists from Microsoft Corporation.The Department of Justice then muzzled Microsoft from disclosing these orders via a series of secrecy orders signed by magistrates.The documents further reveal the DOJ then went behind U.S. District Court Judge, Analisa Torres’, back to obtain extensions on the gag-orders on Microsoft from magistrate judges after Judge Torres ruled Project Veritas was entitled to “journalistic privileges.”Despite multiple opportunities to do so, the DOJ has not publicly disclosed the orders, warrants, or subpoenas to Judge Torres or Special Master Judge Barbara Jones – who was appointed by Judge Torres to protect Veritas’ “journalistic privileges” from potential DOJ overreach. Judge Torres ruled that the DOJ’s investigation must be overseen by Judge Jones and ordered the DOJ not to review any materials seized from Project Veritas without Judge Jones’ approval.
Take a look at this Project Veritas graphic to understand the series of events (click to enlarge):
Here’s their video report:
Amazingly, the mostly useless ACLU has issued a statement in defense of Project Veritas.
From FOX News:
ACLU ‘deeply troubled’ by claims DOJ secretly surveilled Project Veritas communications as part of probeThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is sounding the alarm on the actions the Justice Department has taken against Project Veritas…”We deplore Project Veritas’ deceptions, and we don’t have a full picture of the government’s investigation. But we’re concerned that the precedent set by this case could have serious consequences for press freedom,” Brian Hauss of the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project said in a press release. “We’re deeply troubled by reports that the Department of Justice obtained secret electronic surveillance orders requiring sweeping disclosure of ‘all content’ of communications associated with Project Veritas email accounts, including attorney-client communications.””Compounding these concerns, the government suppressed information about the existence of the electronic surveillance orders even after the investigation became public knowledge and the district court appointed a special master to supervise prosecutors’ access to Project Veritas’ sensitive materials. The government must immediately suspend its review of the materials obtained pursuant to its electronic surveillance orders and fully disclose the extent of its actions, so that the court can consider appropriate relief,” Hauss added.
Liberal media outlets will ignore this or simply roll their eyes because they don’t think of O’Keefe and Project Veritas as “real” journalists, not realizing that their opinions are not the point.
This could just as easily happen to them.
Featured image via YouTube.
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