PoliticsNation   |  March 07, 2013

After smearing ACORN, O’Keefe is paying up

Rev. Al Sharpton says “gotcha” to right-wing “smear artist” James O’Keefe as he explains why O’Keefe is finally paying up for what he did wrong to ACORN.

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>>> right wing specialist james o'keafe became a conservative. o'keafe claims the video showed employees advising him how to run a prostitution ring . but an independent investigator later found nothing illegal at all. but o'keafe ruined a good organization that not a lot of people had to pay for until now. he was fired because of the tape. he sued o'keafe back in 2010 . big news tonight, o'keafe is paying up. we spoke with his attorney today and o'keefe has agreed to pay for $100,000. last summer, a judge ruled he had a case. he had a case to make because he "reasonably believed that the conversation was private because it was held in his office with no one else prentd. present. and he believed no one oels was listening in on his conversation. o'keefe led him to remain comfort shl by posing as a client and asking whether their conversation was confidential. vera also contacted police about o'keefe right after the meeting. but u in truth, he left that part out. and as part of this settlement, o'keefe is unaware to have notified a police officer of the incident. i think that's supposed to be an apology. it's not a very good one. but did james think we didn't know it was wrong? nice try,