Federal prosecutors show jury Project Veritas videos in trial of Trump inauguration protesters

[turbinetree]

Source: Think Progress

The trial continues this week in the federal government’s unprecedented prosecution of the first of some 200 protesters arrested in a dragnet for protesting President Trump’s inauguration. One piece of evidence being used in the case is undercover video of an organizing meeting produced by Project Veritas, the propaganda group known for deceptive editing and other unethical practices.

Though it has repeatedly been discredited, this week Project Veritas was particularly humiliated when the Washington Post caught one of the organization’s employees trying to pose as a victim of rape by Alabama candidate Roy Moore. The newspaper’s reporters turned the tables, filming the woman as she struggled to legitimize her story. The Washington Post also filmed a subsequent encounter with James O’Keefe, the head of the organization. Project Veritas was also caught by the post deceptively editing that video to make O’Keefe look better.

Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/project-veritas-j20-trial-3a4aae97c5a0/

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. America is gone. This makes me sad. My country is gone.

[saidsimplesimon]

2. No, Eliot, I disagree.

The majority share our values. It's not all gloom and doom or a renaissance. Lots of hard work, determination and si, se puedo, then we win.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. If you say so.

[vkkv]

11. If everyone who COULD vote DID vote, it would be a different country.

More humane, educated, healthy, honest, responsible.

[moda253]

16. yes but they don't or are not allowed to.

I agree with Elliot. We are barely holding on by a thread.

Barely.

[barbtries]

12. i feel exactly the same way.

it's so sad.

we cannot give up. the power is with the people and we cannot give up.

[Bragi2]

17. I think you are correct

I'm one of your neighbours to the north, and as a Canadian, I watch in horror, and increasingly feel like I've lost a good friend. Makes me very sad.

[Gothmog]

3. This trial is a witch trial and these charges should be dismissed

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Mistrial.

[onenote]

6. Admitting the Project Veritas video is not grounds for a mistrial

It is the job of the defense to present evidence that raises questions about the credibility of the video.

[Initech]

7. Project Veritas can go eat a steaming bag of rancid dog shit.

[riversedge]

8. HOW can this be happening? Some are being prosecuted for attending the meeting--a conspiracy!!..

This is beyond belief!


........The prosecution’s case is that anybody who attended the meeting Project Veritas infiltrated or who was swept up during the protests is guilty of conspiracy to riot, essentially punishing the entire group for acts of vandalism committed by only a few individuals. Some are being prosecuted simply for attending the organizing meeting, even without evidence they attended the protest itself.

[Eliot Rosewater]

13. And THAT is what they do in Russia. Even I was not aware we had gone this far already.

Fuck this.

Something is going to GIVE pretty soon.

[SeaDoo77]

9. Can Anyone Sue The Lying Right Wing Dirt Bag Girl?

Damages anyone?

[orangecrush]

10. kick for exposure

people need to know this is happening.

[Egnever]

14. One would hope that the defense will respond by discrediting them

Should be easy after the fiasco with the post.

[Deuce]

15. Kick...