Project Veritas founder James OāKeefe crashed CNN President Jeff Zuckerās executive call on Tuesday to reveal he has been secretly eavesdropping on and recording the daily meetings for months.
āHey Jeff Zucker, are you there?ā OāKeefe unmuted himself for the first time. āHey, this is James OāKeefe. Weāve been listening to your CNN calls for basically two months, recording everything. Just wanted to ask you some questions if you have a minute. Do you still feel youāre the most trusted name in news, because I have to say from what Iāve been hearing on these phone calls, I donāt know about that. And we got a lot of recordings that indicate that youāre not really that independent of a journalist.ā
Zucker then told his staff theyād pick up the meeting later after they āset up a new system.ā
OāKeefe says he will begin releasing the recordings at 7 p.m. tonight.
āHey Jeff Zucker, are you there?ā OāKeefe unmuted himself for the first time. āHey, this is James OāKeefe. Weāve been listening to your CNN calls for basically two months, recording everything. Just wanted to ask you some questions if you have a minute. Do you still feel youāre the most trusted name in news, because I have to say from what Iāve been hearing on these phone calls, I donāt know about that. And we got a lot of recordings that indicate that youāre not really that independent of a journalist.ā
Zucker then told his staff theyād pick up the meeting later after they āset up a new system.ā
OāKeefe says he will begin releasing the recordings at 7 p.m. tonight.