James O'Keefe makes another lie in North Carolina 'sting,' gets another state investigation

[struggle4progress]

Thu May 17, 2012 at 11:57 AM PDT
by Joan McCarter

Man, "journalist" James O'Keefe stepped in it—over and over and over—in his effort to expose voter fraud in North Carolina during last week's primary. There's just one fraud here, and it's clearly O'Keefe.

A brief recap: One of the voters O'Keefe accused of voting as a non-citizen in his latest exposé is actually a citizen. And the dead North Carolina voter: not dead.

And now it turns out that another "non-citizen" the video highlights, William Romero, is indeed a citizen ...

The positive news out of this is that O'Keefe's got himself into hot water in North Carolina, just as he has in New Hampshire, where a grand jury is investigating his stunt. North Carolina's state elections chief, Gary Bartlett, says his agency will "investigate whether the people in the video who tried to vote in the name of another violated state criminal law by impersonating a registered voter."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/17/1092521/-Another-lie-in-NC-sting-another-state-investigation-for-James-O-Keefe

[southernyankeebelle]

1. Why haven't they charged him? I bet if he were a dem. he would have already been in jail.

[struggle4progress]

3. James O'Keefe scared off of New Hampshire appearance because of grand jury subpoena threat

Mon May 07, 2012 at 11:44 AM PDT
by Joan McCarter

It couldn't happen to a more deserving guy who is "27 and lives with his parents in New Jersey." ...

The state Republicans really wanted to hear from him on voter fraud, in order to keep pushing their own voter suppression efforts. The state's attorney general really wants to hear from him, too, because the only real voter fraud O'Keefe can talk about is his own illegal effort to muck with the New Hampshire vote. He was all ready to tell New Hampshire Republicans all about it, until a representative of the state's attorney general's office showed up at a local conservative blogger's house, asking if O'Keefe was there.

The visit was promptly canceled, and O'Keefe gave his talk via Skype, from the safety of his parents' house.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/07/1089497/-James-O-Keefe-scared-off-of-New-Hampshire-appearance-because-of-grand-jury-subpoena-nbsp-threat-

[southernyankeebelle]

4. Well can't NH put out an all points bulletin and get him back that way?

[auburngrad82]

5. "from the safety of his parents' house"

So does this slug still live in his mommy's basement?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[beac]

2. Why isn't that little turd already in jail?

Here's hoping that he's not able to weasel out of these latest charges w/out Breitbart's money.

[Blue_Tires]

6. I've speculated he's protected on a very high level

a level that goes beyond simple $$$$; a level that can get charges dropped with a simple phone call