Judge Orders DOJ to Stop Extracting Data from James O'Keefe’s Phone

Judge Orders DOJ to Stop Extracting Data from James O'Keefe’s Phone
James O'Keefe, founder Project Veritas, at the Values Voter Summit in Washington on Oct. 12, 2019. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
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A federal court on Nov. 11 ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to stop extracting and reviewing data from phones belonging to Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe.

The order from Judge Analisa Torres of the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York, obtained by The Epoch Times, says that by Nov. 12, the DOJ “shall confirm via email that it has paused its extraction and review of the contents of Petitioner O'Keefe’s phones.”