Weisenbach v. Project Veritas et al.

August 13, 2021
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Update, February 5, 2024:

This case was resolved in a manner acceptable to all parties.

Statements from Project Veritas and James O’Keefe:

Overview:

Law for Truth — a Protect Democracy project — Ogg, Murphy & Perkosky, P.C., and an additional pro bono counsel team led by Lea Haber Kuck represent Erie, Pennsylvania postmaster Robert Weisenbach in a lawsuit challenging disinformation that undermined faith in the 2020 election and, ultimately, in our democracy. The case was filed against Project Veritas, Project Veritas’s founder and CEO James O’Keefe, and Richard Hopkins, a former mail carrier for the Erie post office. What Hopkins, Project Veritas, and O’Keefe engaged in after the 2020 presidential election was not investigative journalism. We believe the sensational series of statements and videos was targeted character assassination aimed at undermining public faith in the results of the 2020 presidential election. It is a strategy that has gone unchecked for far too long.

Case Documents

Court Order Overruling Preliminary Objections July 15, 2022 Court Order Overruling Preliminary Objections

Transcript of Hearing on Preliminary Objections Jan. 21, 2022 Transcript of Hearing on Preliminary Objections

Defendant Richard Hopkins's Reply Brief in Support of Preliminary Objections to the First Amended Complaint Oct. 25, 2021 Defendant Richard Hopkins's Reply Brief in Support of Preliminary Objections to the First Amended Complaint

Memorandum of Law in Support of Preliminary Objections to Amended Complaint by Defendants Project Veritas and James O'Keefe III Oct. 14, 2021 Memorandum of Law in Support of Preliminary Objections to Amended Complaint by Defendants Project Veritas and James O'Keefe III

Plaintiff's Response and Brief in Opposition to Defendant Richard Hopkins's Preliminary Objections to the First Amended Complaint Oct. 7, 2021 Plaintiff's Response and Brief in Opposition to Defendant Richard Hopkins's Preliminary Objections to the First Amended Complaint

Plaintiff's Brief in Opposition to Preliminary Objections of Defendant Richard Hopkins Oct. 7, 2021 Plaintiff's Brief in Opposition to Preliminary Objections of Defendant Richard Hopkins

Defendant Richard Hopkins's Preliminary Objections to the First Amended Complaint Sept. 7, 2021 Defendant Richard Hopkins's Preliminary Objections to the First Amended Complaint

Preliminary Objections to First Amended Complaint by Defendants Project Veritas and James O'Keefe III Sept. 3, 2021 Preliminary Objections to First Amended Complaint by Defendants Project Veritas and James O'Keefe III

First Amended Complaint Aug. 13, 2021 First Amended Complaint

Featured Press

Judge says Erie postmaster can sue Project Veritas for libel over mail-in ballot claims Erie Times-News, July 19, 2022 Judge says Erie postmaster can sue Project Veritas for libel over mail-in ballot claims

Postmaster's Libel Lawsuit Against Project Veritas (Over Claims of Voter Fraud) Can Go Forward Reason Magazine, July 15, 2022 Postmaster's Libel Lawsuit Against Project Veritas (Over Claims of Voter Fraud) Can Go Forward

First Amendment Scholars Want to See the Media Lose These Cases N.Y. Times, Mar. 13, 2022 First Amendment Scholars Want to See the Media Lose These Cases

Update, February 5, 2024:

This case was resolved in a manner acceptable to all parties.

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