Oh Oh: Is James O’Keefe a FUGITIVE?

[Segami]

:smoke:


Gawker:



" As we mentioned earlier, right-wing hitman James O'Keefe was spotted lurking at the Occupy Wall Street protest in Manhattan's Liberty Plaza today. http://gawker.com/5848327/james-okeefe-reportedly-creeping-around-occupy-wall-street That might not be good news for O'Keefe, since he's on probation and requires the permission of a federal magistrate judge to leave his home state of New Jersey. And guess what? To judge by his court file, he never got permission. Oops.




Ever since he pleaded guilty in May 2010 to charges of entering federal property under false pretenses, O'Keefe has been on probation. And one of the terms of that probation is that any travel outside of the state of New Jersey—including travel to New York City—must be approved in advance by a federal magistrate judge. According to his court file, O'Keefe has sought, and been granted, permission to travel from his home in Westwood, N.J., to New York, Washington, D.C., Maryland, California, Maine, and other locations at least 30 times since his conviction.

In each case—including a day trip in to New York last April to "visit a family friend"—his attorney filed a motion with a federal judge titled "Motion to Permit Travel Outside the State of New Jersey." And in each motion, his attorney wrote, "Mr. O'Keefe has been advised by the Probation Department in New Jersey that all travel must be approved by the Sentencing Magistrate Judge."


- Of course, there could be a delay of some sort in updating the case file. But given the fact that the whole point of requiring him to get approval for travel in advance is that it gets approved in advance, it seems like O'Keefe may have skirted the rules of his probation in order to perform some recon on all the dirty hippies taking over New York.



Here's some video of the sleuth, wearing a dark suit and carrying a brief case through the throngs of protesters.

http://gawker.com/5848408/






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http://gawker.com/5848412/is-james-okeefe-a-fugitive



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[aquart]

1. Fugitive.

[tridim]

4. The one brain-cell man.

[Enrique]

2. dressed up as a banker

hoping I guess to provoke an attack or something?

[Kurovski]

27. looks more like an accountant for Chili's.

Fuckin' criminal mope.

[mod mom]

28. He looks like a banker with an outdated shirt & a fake joke nose.

[Warpy]

3. "Fugitive" and he still looks like a picked chicken

and he still needs to find a real job. His attempt at being a hard hitting right wing journalist isn't panning out, he's too notorious a liar.

[yurbud]

23. if you mixed Tim McVeigh and Lee Harvey Oswald's DNA, then threw away any good parts...

O'Keefe is what would be left.

[ChandlerJr]

5. He's been granted permission 30 times since his conviction

Is there any indication that he wasn't this time?

[nichomachus]

7. I can see the petition now

Your honor, I want to go and protest on Wall Street, where people are being arrested. Yeah, that'll work.

[Scuba]

6. Eeeeeewwww! Santorum. Careful not to step in it.

[formercia]

8. Looks like he was wearing a Wire.

Look at the bulge in his back. Perhaps he was looking for a confrontation so he could film it. I wonder if he had a cam in his briefcase.

[Segami]

10. Or maybe he's wearing wireless video Spy glasses.

[formercia]

19. Get real

Let's keep it objective.

[Segami]

22. Why do you consider a " cam in his briefcase " as a possibility but yet feel that I should

" get real " for suggesting video spy glasses? Video Spy glasses are easily available at any spy shop.

[formercia]

25. Not far-fetched at all

I've used one for surveillance. It's been used for years. See, you learned something new.

[Lint Head]

9. Send the photographic evidence to the judge or probation officer.

[cal04]

11. TPM checking on this:Probation Officer Approved His 'Occupy Wall Street' Visit

Probation Officer Approved His 'Occupy Wall Street' Visit

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/james_okeefe_spokesman_says_probation_officer_approved_his_occupy_wall_street_visit.php

A thought occurred to us when we saw reports this afternoon that conservative filmmaker James O'Keefe visited the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City on Monday: isn't that dude still on probation?

So we looked into it, and according to court records, a judge never approved his trip across the Hudson River and out of the state of New Jersey, where he lives with his parents. A judge has regularly approved all of his trips since he pleaded guilty to entering U.S. property under false pretenses back in May 2010 and received three years probation.

Ryan Girdusky, a spokesman for O'Keefe told TPM that O'Keefe got permission to make the trip from his probation officer. O'Keefe's lawyer did not immediately respond to a call and an email, and O'Keefe didn't immediately reply to a tweet asking for clarification. We'll update if we hear back.

[Segami]

14. Thanks!

[elehhhhna]

15. o'keefes "spokesman" is surely on the up and up

[Segami]

16. Gawker's update reads:

Update: A spokesman for O'Keefe has told Talking Points Memo that O'Keefe got permission from his probation officer to make the trip. Court filings show that in the past, even when his probation officer had no objection to travel, the U.S. Probation Office still required the assent of the sentencing magistrate in his case..."


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[stevedeshazer]

26. Isn't that the lowest job ever? O'Keefe's "spokesman"?!

I'd rather pump out latrines than be James O'Keefe's "spokesman".

At least I'd be getting rid of shit instead of creating it.

Seriously. He has a "spokesman"?

:rofl:

[JoeyT]

33. Of course they did.

Regular people on probation have to jump through flaming hoops to visit a dying relative in another state, but a privileged conservative assclown like O'Keefe can go where ever he wants as long as he lets them know in advance, or at least gives them the ability to claim they knew in advance.

[bvar22]

34. "where he lives with his parents"

:rofl:

I know that many are forced to live with their parents due to the horrible economic conditions (especially for the young),
but I had to laugh anyway.

[kentuck]

12. Looked like he was trying to run away.

He knew a camera was on him, I think?

[valerief]

13. They should scare away that asswipe the way they scared away Geraldo. nt

[seabeyond]

17. dork. nt

[MurrayDelph]

18. Whether "fugitive" or "fugative"

there's no getting around the fact that he is is a fughead.

[librechik]

20. somebody call his po

[spanone]

21. he's a dangerous goober

[Kingofalldems]

24. Kick this for law and order

[rugger1869]

29. Well, well, well....

http://twitter.com/#!/JamesOKeefeIII/statuses/123530928206262272

[MisterP]

30. oh oh, and you're Mary Tyler Moore ...

[Warren DeMontague]

31. Odd man out at the orgy.

That's all I have to say about that dude.

[Blue Owl]

32. Fundie Hipster Douchebag

What a freakin' tool...