CPAC founder Matt Schlapp announced on Monday that James O’Keefe will speak at CPAC in Washington, DC this week. This comes after O’Keefe’s ousting from the company that he founded over a decade ago.
Schlapp made the announcement during an appearance of War Room with Steve Bannon
“I want to break some news here,” Schlapp said. “A lot of us have been reading about James O’Keefe at Project Veritas and we are trying to figure out what’s going on there.
“I’ve been talking with James, James is going to come! So a War Room exclusive, if you want to come root on not only all of us who get the sharp end of the stick and the horns from the left, but James O’Keefe is really getting it.
“And I think we all need to be there for James and I think everyone’s gonna want to hear what he has to say.”
O’Keefe previously spoke at CPAC in 2021.
Honored to have had @BoSnerdley stop by the Project Veritas @CPAC After Party last night to reminisce about our dear friend and broadcasting legend Rush Limbaugh.
He said Veritas' truth-seeking style has forever linked us with Rush.
An absolute class act! pic.twitter.com/WBZFV8xaEW
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) February 27, 2021
O’Keefe was ousted from the organization after 16 staffers came forward with allegations of workplace abuse and that O’Keefe had become “power drunk,” and that O’Keefe had also stolen a sandwich.
“The undersigned is troubled and frustrated with James’ management style and business acumen,” the letter began. “These behaviors and actions are antithetical to our core values, and it came to a head this week. Most recently, the treatment of Barry Hinckley and Tom O’Hara.”
The staffers (Michael Villani, Eric Spracklen, Mario Balaban, Jake Mantel, Patrick Van Duyne, Sal Gueli Journalists: Arden Young, Preston Scagnelli, Bobby Harr (Lithium), Bethany Rolando, Joanne Sumner, Gillian Pietrowski, Jonathan Bailey, Joshua Hughes, Nick Mehaj, and Angelo Martinez,) state that “James has become a power-drunk tyrant and he is exactly who he pontificates on who we should be exposing.”
“James went as far as to call Spencer a pussy in Vegas, and Spencer heard him say it. Both of these guys were mission-driven and suffered through it. They were raided and James still called Spencer that name – he never forgave them for making a decision to leave for their own mental wellbeing,” the letter continued to allege.
