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Landrieu Phone-Tampering Scandal
O'Keefe Pleads Guilty In Landrieu Phone-Tampering Case, Gets Three Years Probation
Justin Elliott | May 26, 2010, 12:29PM
James O'Keefe
Conservative filmmaker James O'Keefe and three compatriots today pleaded guilty to entering real property belonging to the United States under false pretenses for the January incident in which they entered Sen. Mary Landrieu's New Orleans office and claimed to be from the telephone company, the Times-Picayune reports.
O'Keefe was sentenced to three years of probation, a fine of $1,500 and 100 hours of community service. The others -- Stan Dai, Joseph Basel, and Robert Flanagan -- got the same fine, two years of probation, and 75 hours of community service.
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Landrieu Phone-Tampering Scandal
Lawyer For Alleged Phone-Tamperer: I'm Trying To Resolve Case With Feds
Justin Elliott | February 11, 2010, 5:16PM
Robert Flanagan
An attorney for one of the four men charged in the Landrieu phone-tampering case tells the AP that he met with the U.S. Attorney's office to try to come to a resolution out of court.
"We're in discussions with the government, trying to resolve this matter as expeditiously as possible in a fair and just manner," said Attorney Garrison Jordan, who represents Robert Flanagan.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (36) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (2)Topics: James O'Keefe, Landrieu Phone-Tampering Scandal, Robert Flanagan, U.S. Attorneys
James O'Keefe
The Landrieu Phone Case: Not A Bugging After All?
Justin Elliott | January 27, 2010, 5:38PM
James O'Keefe
While initial media reports (including on TPM) described the episode at Sen. Mary Landrieu's New Orleans office as an attempted bugging, that term does not appear in the affidavit and the lawyer for one of the charged men tells TPMmuckraker, "the complaint is not about a wiretap."
It's still a mystery what exactly filmmaker James O'Keefe and his companions intended to do when they allegedly arrived at Landrieu's office. But the accurate way to describe what allegedly happened would be attempted phone tampering.
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Leadership Institute
The Leadership Institute: The Group That Helped Launch The Conservative Careers Of Two Alleged Phone Tamperers
Ben Frumin | January 27, 2010, 2:15PM
James O'Keefe
We know that at least two of the young men charged in connection with attempts to tamper with Sen. Mary Landrieu's office phones led conservative college newspapers that received seed money from The Leadership Institute. But what's the Leadership Institute?
On its website, the nonprofit boasts that it "prepares conservatives for success in politics, government and the news media." It's trained more than 79,000 students over the years, and employs 58 people. The group is led by longtime Republican player Morton Blackwell, who was elected to the RNC's executive committee in 2004.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (5) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (4)Topics: David Fenner, James O'Keefe, Joseph Basel, Landrieu Phone-Tampering Scandal, Leadership Institute, Morton Blackwell, Robert Flanagan, Stan Dai
James O'Keefe
Filmmaker Behind ACORN Stings Arrested For Attempted Phone Tampering At Landrieu's Office
Justin Elliott | January 26, 2010, 3:38PM
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), James O'Keefe
James O'Keefe, the young conservative filmmaker who was behind the undercover operations that led to the ACORN scandal last year, was arrested with three others for allegedly trying to tamper with the phones at the New Orleans office of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) yesterday.
The FBI announced today the foursome have been charged with entering federal property under false pretenses for the purpose of committing a felony.
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