James O’Keefe Strikes Again

THE RETURN

Updated Apr. 14, 2017 4:03PM EDT / Published May 21, 2014 1:08PM EDT

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James O’Keefe, the conservative activist who targeted ACORN and NPR with hidden-camera exposés and was later accused of selectively editing the videos, is debuting a new movie this week at the Cannes Film Festival. Like a bad remake of American Hustle, a fake Middle Eastern oilman offers to give money to Hollywood anti-fracking activists Ed Begley Jr., Mariel Hemingway, and producers Josh and Rebecca Tickell for a movie. The filmmakers deny that they ever asked for the money, and Hemingway’s lawyer called O’Keefe a “coward” and “frat boy.”

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James O’Keefe Strikes Again

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