James O’Keefe Tells His Side of the Story

James O’Keefe posted a statement on Big Government about his arrest in Mary Landrieu’s office. This makes more sense than the original reports that he was trying to bug her office in the middle of a work day with her staff present.

I learned from a number of sources that many of Senator Landrieu’s constituents were having trouble getting through to her office to tell her that they didn’t want her taking millions of federal dollars in exchange for her vote on the healthcare bill.  When asked about this, Senator Landrieu’s explanation was that, “Our lines have been jammed for weeks.”  I decided to investigate why a representative of the people would be out of touch with her constituents for “weeks” because her phones were broken.  In investigating this matter, we decided to visit Senator Landrieu’s district office – the people’s office – to ask the staff if their phones were working.

On reflection, I could have used a different approach to this investigation, particularly given the sensitivities that people understandably have about security in a federal building.  The sole intent of our investigation was to determine whether or not Senator Landrieu was purposely trying to avoid constituents who were calling to register their views to her as their Senator.  We video taped the entire visit, the government has those tapes, and I’m eager for them to be released because they refute the false claims being repeated by much of the mainstream media.

O’Keefe went on to blast the media for their biased reporting on this matter.

Related: Media Matters accused me of accusing O’Keefe of bugging Landrieu’s office. I responded with an update to the post they linked to. While I did jump to a conclusion based on the initial slanted news reports, I did not accuse him. Had I done that I wouldn’t have included the word “allegedly” in the title and the post itself.

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