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Sept. 20, 2018 - Tim Pool Daily Show
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Proof Of The Deep State Exposed?! DOJ Responds to O'Keefe

Proof of the Deep State has been exposed! At least if you follow Project Veritas as this is what they claim in a series of videos documenting members of the Democratic Socialists of America doing work inside the government. But is it really proof of the "deep state?" These people working in government appear to be engaging in unethical and maybe even illegal activity but they aren't necessarily high ranking members of intelligence angencies. However, this doesn't mean that O'Keefe is wrong. Veritas is showing us that, yes, there are people within the federal government who are working to "destroy capitalism"  Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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James O'Keefe and Project Veritas have released, I believe, their third video exposing government employees doing things that, according to them, are illegal and, at the very least, unethical.
These people are members of the Democratic Socialists of America, they work for the federal government, and they use, according to their own words, work time to engage in partisan political activity.
Now James O'Keefe says the Deep State is being unmasked, but is that really true?
I'm going to argue technically no.
While what James O'Keefe has uncovered and Project Veritas has uncovered is alarming, and we're seeing an official government response, there is a difference between what people believe to be the Deep State and what James O'Keefe is uncovering.
I will say I believe this is government corruption.
It's extremely interesting, but it might not be what people think of as the Deep State, so maybe it's just clever branding.
But, let's start with the first story from Project Veritas.
On September 18th, the story, Deep State Unmasked, State Department on Hidden Camera, Resist Everything and I Have Nothing to Lose.
In the video, we can see a man named Stuart Carafa, Department of State.
He says, Resist Everything, Every Level, F.S.
unidentified
Up.
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The bullet points, a federal employee for the State Department, Resist Everything, Democratic Socialists of America, Embedded in Federal Government Positions, Actively Resisting.
Stuart Karaffa does work for DSA while on taxpayer's dime.
Quote, I'm careful about it.
I don't leave a paper trail.
Unquote.
Quote, I have nothing to lose.
It's impossible to fire federal employees.
Ethics officer fails to recognize breach on ethics form.
Somebody just rubber stamps it and it goes forward.
And they have issued an update.
So, following this story, which in my opinion is very shocking.
Project Veritas attorney Benjamin Barr filed a complaint with the Department of State regarding the findings of our video.
And they show the complaint, they say, see the complaint here.
They add, a Department of State spokesperson issued the following response to an inquiry from the Epoch Times.
They said, I can confirm Stuart Carafa is a management and program analyst with the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations.
We take seriously any allegation of a violation of the Hatch Act and financial disclosure rules and are closely reviewing this matter.
This is a personal matter that we cannot comment on further at this time.
Project Veritas published this PDF showing a complaint to the U.S.
Department of State.
I won't read through the whole thing, but it says, In summary, Project Veritas has collected initial evidence suggesting at least the following laws and regulations were violated by State Department employees.
Outside engagements creating an appearance of impropriety, using government resources and time to promote personal and political causes.
Violating the Hatch Act.
Engaging in partisan political duties during employment hours.
Outside engagements conflicting with official duties.
Project Veritas makes itself available to assist the Office of Inspector General in reviewing this matter.
Please contact the undersigned for additional details.
But there is more.
On the 19th, they published.
Deep State Unmasked?
Leaks at HHS.
DOJ official resists from inside.
Quote, these allegations are deeply concerning.
Referred to Inspector General from the Department of Justice.
From the DOJ, these allegations are deeply concerning, referred to Inspector General.
Leaks at Department of Health and Human Services?
It's kind of like Nixon, deep throat type thing.
They quote Allison Raybar, what's kind of lucky is at the DOJ, we can't really get fired.
DSA actively resisting inside government.
We have a member who works for the people who distribute food stamps.
They're slowing down what they do.
Apparent abuse of DOJ resources for DSA?
She uses it probably on her work computer.
That's the kind of thing that you would get fired for if people knew about it.
Targeting political enemies?
And so we ran the license plate.
We cannot do it officially.
And they have two updates.
A Department of Justice spokesperson issued the following response to our inquiry.
These allegations are deeply concerning.
Department policy prohibits misuse of government resources to advance personal interests.
We are looking into this immediately and have referred this matter to the Inspector General as well.
An additional update, Project Veritas attorney Ben Barr filed complaints with the DOJ and HHS regarding the findings of the investigation.
Once again, we have another complaint filed by Veritas to the U.S.
Department of Justice this time.
They say, in summary, Project Veritas has collected initial evidence suggesting at least the following laws and regulations were violated by Raybar and perhaps others.
Violations of the Hatch Act.
Engaging in a conspiracy with other members of the DSA to defraud the U.S.
government of its time and resources by delaying or impeding federal policies and programs.
Using government property during work hours to advance personal or political causes.
And here's the third complaint to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
They state, in summary, Veritas has collected initial evidence suggesting at least the following
laws and regulations were violated, conveying or disposing of government records without
authority to another or knowingly receiving such information.
Using government property during work hours to advance personal or political causes.
Violations of the Hatch Act.
Engaging in partisan political activity during work hours.
Engaging in outside activities that conflict with federal duties.
And as of today, they have another story.
Deep State Unmasked, U.S.
GAO auditor admits, I break the rules every day.
Now we don't have updates for them on this story as it just came out, but they say, government accountability office auditor pushes socialist agenda during work hours.
No one knows.
I spent six hours yesterday doing social media for DSA, and that's a quote.
They say, resistance against administration's agenda.
If you're in an executive branch agency, you can slow ball things to a degree.
Maybe you get fired or resign or whatever, but you slowed Trump's agenda down.
On his DSA membership, it's a socialist organization and we want to destroy capitalists.
They say, another...
Another quote, we have a bunch of just like communists, like no prefix, and that's basically me.
GAO Auditor, do I care more about having this job, or do I care more about the DSA movement, and I was like, obviously the movement.
And another quote, I break the rules every day, at any point I can get fired.
That's a heck of a lot of information to process right at the beginning of a video, but I think it's really important, and it's certainly not the end of what Veritas is doing.
Now, they're calling this deep state unmasked, and personally I feel that's a bit of marketing.
It's not bad.
They are showing government employees who are potentially violating the law and engaging in partisan political activities.
However, there is a general understanding of what the Deep State means.
It doesn't mean it's absolute, but typically when people refer to the Deep State, they believe it's more about intelligence agencies and the military-industrial complex formulating policy and plans for the government in the long term.
The general idea is that when people work for an intelligence agency, they exist in that job throughout various administrations and can essentially sway things in certain directions.
So I wouldn't call several younger-type people in low-level administrative positions within the federal government the deep state, but I also don't think it's entirely unfair to say it is the deep state.
Because they are showing that they're people who are trying to come up the works and use federal resources to advance their political agenda.
In which case, You could argue, at least to a tiny degree, yes, these people comprise some kind of idea of a deep state, but we're not talking about military leaders, we're not talking about directors or FBI agents, we're talking about administrators who work in the government who just happen to be members of the DSA.
Apparently what Veritas has done so far.
is they infiltrated the Democratic Socialists of America in Washington, D.C., and this allowed them to get access to many people who were federal employees and who may be breaking the law.
So make no mistake, they have uncovered what appears to be actual government corruption.
And just because it's not the grand scale of, you know, an FBI director or agent committing some crime against the government, it doesn't mean this isn't important.
What's being shown here is extremely disconcerting.
When you realize that there are people within the government who are communists and socialists, extremists on the political scale, who want to destroy capitalism, or potentially use government resources to track down the private address of individuals they seek to protest, passing along this information to activists.
This, to me, is pretty scary.
And it looks like the story is being picked up by some mainstream outlets.
The Washington Post, for instance, published a story about the findings and response in the DOJ.
We also have The Hill.
The story published yesterday, DOJ looking into concerning behavior by employee in Project Veritas video.
The Department of Justice on Wednesday said it was assessing allegations of improper behavior by one of its employees in a video published by the conservative activist organization Project Veritas.
The video, titled Deep State Unmasked, depicts a DOJ employee and a former Health and Human Services employee separately telling an off-screen individual that their efforts to resist aspects of the Trump administration.
These allegations are deeply concerning, a DOJ spokesperson said in a statement to The Hill.
Department policy prohibits misuse of government resources to advance personal interests.
We are looking into this immediately and have referred this matter to the Inspector General as well.
The Hill says the video is the latest in a series of efforts by Project Veritas to highlight alleged bias within the federal government, the media, and at technology companies.
The group, founded by James O'Keefe, produces videos in which its members secretly record conversations with their subjects.
Last year, the group attempted to plant a fake story in the Washington Post when one of its members pretended that she had a sexual relationship as a teenager with then-Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.
The Post discovered through its reporting that the woman was a member of Project Veritas, who had spent months working to gain access to individuals within journalism or left-leaning politics.
James O'Keefe and the wildly unethical Project Veritas have been discredited and dismissed by investigative journalists, congressional committees, and several courts, the Democratic Socialists of America chapter in D.C.
said in a statement to The Hill.
This campaign, which wrongly targets both these dedicated public servants' privacy and their freedom to exercise their First Amendment rights, is just the latest in a long line of failed political attacks from a group desperate to remain relevant.
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities declined to comment.
But now the story is going beyond just these particular moments.
As WLOS 13 ABC reports, video adds to claims of deep state in Trump government.
Now this story is by Christine Frazzo, and it also includes Sinclair Broadcast Group.
And that's important because many people view Sinclair as a conservative media company that owns many local news stations.
I'm sure this will be pointed out by many people as a potential for bias.
They state, Washington, Sinclair Broadcast Group.
There's a new video out which is shining a light on what some people call a deep state operating in Washington.
In the latest in a series of videos from the group Project Veritas, in which the founder James O'Keefe says he's found proof of the so-called deep state within the federal government, in his targeting of State Department employee Stewart Carafa, a self-described democratic socialist.
They say the video is giving more fuel to the fire being spread around by many conservatives of a deep state within the Trump government, on top of an anonymous op-ed in the New York Times discussing high-level officials working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations, as well as the recently published book Fear by Bob Woodward.
Peter Schweizer is president of the government watchdog group, the Government Accountability Institute.
Oftentimes, the agenda that President Trump is pushing is at odds to what this bureaucracy wants.
He said in an interview Wednesday, adding that it's raising some big questions.
But the reality is, the government is run by people with years of experience and knowledge who serve regardless of who's in the White House, a group many simply call it the Independent Civil Service.
These are people that do government jobs.
Their allegiance is to the American people and their public servants.
President Trump's problems are not coming from them.
They're coming from his own appointees in his own White House, said Jesse Lee, Vice President of Communications with the Center for American Progress CIP Action.
So we had that New York Times op-ed from a senior-level individual within the Trump administration claiming that they are trying to stop Trump in many ways and resist from within.
They clarify that they're not the popular resistance as it's known online, but a different group of people resisting Trump's worst inclinations.
When you combine this with the fact that there are several people within the federal government who are at lower level positions but do try to gum up the works or might be using public resources for personal and partisan reasons, it sounds like there may actually be some kind of deep state, but I really do believe it's It's kind of unfair to claim that what Project Veritas has uncovered is a deep state, but again, I feel like it's more about marketing.
They are showing government corruption.
But I do have to compliment Veritas on being journalists who are actually revealing government corruption, because not very many news organizations actually do this.
In my opinion, their targeting of the DSA is partisan.
There are probably many other partisans who do similar things within the federal government who need to be called out because that is government corruption as well.
I'm also concerned about the timing of the release of what Veritas has published, because the midterms are coming up really soon, and I have to imagine it is probably on purpose, but I don't want to accuse Veritas of any wrongdoing.
Simply, they are a partisan organization.
They have infiltrated the DSA.
They have found government corruption.
Those things on their own are not bad.
They're actually good.
It is good.
that Veritas is uncovering government corruption.
The only thing I can really say, outside of what they do, is that we need more lights to be shown on government employees to find out what other partisan groups are operating within the federal government.
What O'Keefe is doing is a good thing, showing us government corruption, and it's possible some of these people will be held accountable.
However, because of partisan and tribal issues, I feel like we might not see a bigger picture, because there's probably more corruption from different political organizations.
Hopefully.
Something is done about that.
But again, I don't want to make it seem like what I'm saying is meant to deride Veritas in any way.
What they do is a net positive in this regard, for sure, but we do need more.
I'm not going to blame them simply because they're focused on a particular issue.
I'm just going to hope that we can weed out more corruption beyond just the DSA.
But let me know what you think in the comments below.
Do you believe this is proof of the deep state?
Do you think that these people working within the government are a serious issue that must be stopped?
Or do you think This might just be some young people who are protesting.
And yes, they broke the rules, but is it really that bad?
I gotta be honest.
A lot of people are saying, look, these are low-level people who do very little, and they're in kind of unimportant roles.
But regardless, they do have power within the government, and they are potentially breaking the law, at least according to Veritas.
So again, comment below.
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