TX Special Prosecutors: O'Keefe Video 'A Canard and Political Disinformation' (Complaint Dismissed)

[Hissyspit]

Source: Media Matters

Texas Special Prosecutors: James O'Keefe Video "A Canard And Political Disinformation"

14 minutes ago ››› BEN DIMIERO

A Texas judge dismissed a complaint based on claims from a video produced by conservative fabulist James O'Keefe after special prosecutors ripped the video as "little more than a canard and political disinformation."

In February, O'Keefe and his Project Veritas group released a video investigation of progressive organization Battleground Texas. In the video, O'Keefe accuses the group, which he labels "the new ACORN," of using "potentially illegal methods to change elections." The allegation hinged on O'Keefe repeatedly pointing to a part of the Texas Election Code, which states that "the registrar may not transcribe, copy, or otherwise record a telephone number furnished on a registration application."

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According to the prosecutors, the language about copying telephone numbers from registration applications "applies only to the official county registrar, not to a volunteer deputy registrar." Further, they conclude that "three recent attorney general opinions hold that one's telephone number on a voter registration is not confidential information."

After labeling the Veritas video "little more than a canard and political disinformation," the prosecutors recommend that the complaint "be dismissed for insufficient evidence and failure to state an offense." San Antonio Judge Raymond Angelini subsequently signed an order dismissing the complaint.


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[groundloop]

1. That little weasle needs to be in jail

I bet I couldn't get away with trying to wiretap a Senator's phone, but that little bastard did.

[Gothmog]

2. O'keefe is a liar and a fraud.

O'Keefe's claims about Battleground Texas are pure BS

[Uben]

3. Yes, but he's a professional.....

..somebody is paying him big bucks to do this crap. Like a dope dealer, he'll do anything for the big bucks.

[Kingofalldems]

4. I wonder if he gets Koch funding?

[elzenmahn]

11. Seriously, there needs to be some looking-into on that...

...it would not surprise me one bit if David and Charlie are kicking in some of their hard-earned cash to support the Keeffy O'Freak.

[JackHughes]

5. Regardless of the lack of merit for O'Keefe's claims..

That won't stop the hyper-partisan Republican 5th Circuit from contorting themselves into legal pretzels to find in his favor when the case comes up for appeal.

Republicans are waging political total war. The old norms do not apply.

[markpkessinger]

6. These aren't O'Keefe's claims that were dismissed . . .

. . . they were the claims of Battleground Texas.

[Shrike47]

8. I think that's not accurate. The complaint was against BG based on info from the video.

The case was dismissed because the video info was bogus.

[markpkessinger]

9. Just re-read it, and you are correct n/t

[ca3799]

7. Of course

Of course deputy volunteer voter registrars can keep the phone number of the people they have registered and call the voter to remind them to vote later- that's the whole point of voter registration drives.

Gawd, that James O'Keefe is a total dumbass.

[AAO]

10. He should have been held for contempt of court!

I'm not a lawyer, so I'm probably wrong.

[Gothmog]

12. O'Keefe's charges were discussed in a prior thread

Battleground debunked these claims a while back and the special prosecutor cites a couple of the AG opinions written by Greg Abbott in his findings http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024569551

[SoapBox]

13. Jail the asshole...

[Gothmog]

14. I love the fact that this report cites the same AG opinions cited by Battleground's attorneys

Battleground did a great job of debunking O'Keefe's claims a while back http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024569551 This report cites the same attorney general opinions issued by Greg Abbott that were cited by the attorneys for Battleground.

O'Keefe is a liar and a fraud. I love the fact that the right's favorite idiot attorney, Christian Adams, was so stupid that he believed that Battleground broke the law http://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2014/02/19/new-okeefe-video-battleground-texas-violates-election-law-to-help-wendy-davis/ Christian Adams is an idiot who would never have been hired by the DOJ without illegal assistance from bushies. Christian Adams is a joke and has never been right on any issue.

[Auntie Bush]

15. He needs to be exposed for what he is, REPEATEDLY! and frequently

Hit him hard over and over Benghazi him.