By Thomas Catan
On balance, this appears to have been a good week for conservative activist James OKeefe.
On Friday, federal prosecutors filed reduced charges against OKeefe and three others for allegedly attempting to enter Sen. Mary Landrieu’s New Orleans office under false pretenses. And earlier this week, the community group Acorn shut its doors after funding dried up; OKeefe and another activist, posing as a pimp and a prostitute, had secretly shot video of Acorn workers last year offering advice on how to set up a brothel and skirt taxes.
In Louisiana, prosecutors filed a bill of information charging the four men, all between 24- and 25-years old, with a misdemeanor, carrying a maximum six-month jail term and a $5,000 fine. The original charge was a felony, carrying a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Leave a Reply