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Counter-Sting Catches James OKeefe Network Attempting To Sow Chaos At Trumps Inauguration
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WASHINGTON āĀ A left-wing political group released a new video Monday of a counter-sting that has uncovered evidence of right-wing activists trying to sow chaos at Donald Trumpās inaugural ceremony, an effort to portray critics of Trump who march against him as violent fringe figures.
The counter-sting, carried out by The UndercurrentĀ and Americans Take Action,Ā a project of a previous target of provocateur James OāKeefe, managed to surreptitiously record elements of OāKeefeās network offering huge sums of money to progressive activists if they would disrupt the ceremony and āput a stop to the inaugurationā and the related proceedings to such a degree that donors to the clandestine effort would āturn on a TV and maybe not even see Trump.ā To have riots blot out coverage of Trump, the donor offered āunlimited resources,ā including to shut down bridges into D.C.
The Undercurrent, led by executive producer Lauren Windsor, is sponsored by American Family Voices, which was among a constellation of groups infiltrated by OāKeefeās Project Veritas during the presidential campaign, an effort to link Democrats with voter fraud.
Windsor told HuffPost that for now, the group is only releasing an edited version of the video. One of the conservative operatives recorded on it by The Undercurrent was Allison Maass, who previously was caught attempting to infiltrate the Senate campaign of Russ Feingold in Wisconsin, as well as the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton. Maass was also a lead infiltrator during the voter fraud campaign.
Windsor, in investigating Project Veritas, discovered the name of a front group, Breakthrough Dev Group, that OāKeefe was using to set up stings. Somebody from BDG contacted an allied group, which reached out to activist Ryan Clayton. Windsor arranged to have the meeting secretly recorded. (Itās likely Maass was recording as well.Ā It is plausible that OāKeefeās plan was not to disrupt to inaugural, but instead to catch lefties offering to do so.)
āIt was my pleasure to work with the highly skilled operatives who pulled off this reverse sting of political conman James OāKeefe and his Project Veritas cohorts,ā Clayton told HuffPost.
When attempting to infiltrate the Feingold campaign, Maass gave her name as Allison Moss, but listed a phone number that was publicly traceable to her Yonkers home and her real name of Allison Maass. Maass did not return a voicemail left Monday by HuffPost. Maass also left an email with the Feingold campaign, which HuffPost reached out to for comment. OāKeefe, rather than Maass, responded with a phone call, but said he wasnāt able to immediately comment without more information.
Trumpās charitable foundation has contributed to OāKeefeās Project Veritas, and Trump invited OāKeefe to a presidential debate.
OāKeefe often releases his videos in dribs and drabs, and Windsor told HuffPost she is planning to do the same with OāKeefe. An edited version of the encounter is embedded below.
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