James O’Keefe Sued for “Wrongful Termination,” “Defamation”

[babsbunny]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/02/13/james_o_keefe_sued_for_wrongful_termination.html

By David Weigel



February started off quite well for James O'Keefe and Project Veritas. The New York Department of Labor had been requesting information from PV, the hidden-camera investigation outfit founded by the conservative undercover journalist. After Gov. Andrew Cuomo made some ill-advised comments about how conservative extremists were not welcome in the state, O'Keefe informed the media of the heat on his group. Not long after that, a court date and a demand to supply financial information were dropped. O'Keefe, who'd been successfully stinging Democratic organizers and Obamacare navigators in Texas, had won again.

Time for another migraine. On Jan. 27, Daniel Francisco, who was until earlier that month the executive director of Project Veritas, launched a lawsuit (case No. 51182/2014) against his former employer. In the summons, filed in the Supreme Court of New York, Francisco claimed to have been "wrongly terminated" by Project Veritas, that "Project Veritas has breached its contract" by "failing to compensate him for the final week of his employment," that it has "tortuously interfered with Paintiff's contract," and that since then James O'Keefe had "defamed" Francisco.

[Gothmog]

1. I love it when righties fight among themselves

O'Keefe is a jerk and has done well at the courthouse

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