mr. o'keefe and project veritas. right to take the material,h knowing it was stolen, the righr seek comment, the right to investigate and ultimately the right to publish.. this is outrageous and unprecedented and journalist everywhere on either side -- >> sean: why a year ago, if i'm understanding correctly, why did this come up now? james? >> james, go ahead, i'm sorry, sean. >> i don't know the answer to that, sean, but this is -- they've crossed the bridge here of -- they can do this to me. these are about certain principles that are so fundamental, our first amendment in this country, i'm calling upon all journalists to take a stand against this, a source comes to us with information, im don't even decide to publish it. if they can do this to me, if they can do this to this journalist and rate my home and take my reporter notes, they'll do it to any journalist. this is about something very fundamental in this country. i don't know what direction this country is going in, but journalist everywhere have to rise up,

and then they turn around and tell mr. o'keefe, by the way, we would appreciate it. if you now tell anybody about this, and then the next thing, you know, the new york times picks up a phone that says, would you like to comment about the search warrant that we found out about, by the way, the same organization, your sewing. i mean this thing, weeks, nothing about b l m. nothing about and t for right? nothing about hunter, no interest whatsoever. but ashley's diary from a year ago, a federal f b, i investigation come law. well, and what we saw, the wiki li for actually it's a very damaging emails that came out of that. obviously very racist, very homophobic emails. some information that was used about ties between the type to the media and the actual politicians running. those were damaging, obviously nothing from ashley. anything in her diary might have been a thing that they think the election. cuz guess what joe biden still won. but that comes down to the content. so what possibly would involve the f, b i a d o j in the investigation of a diary from over a year ago

mr. o'keefe on thursday as part of the investigation. open form here on washington journal.o first to joann in harvey, illinois. good morning. caller: yes, good morning. thank you for taking my call. i don't get in that often but i have been listening to c-span for about 20 years. it is amazing to me how this morning that you could let your guest, the last guest you had on, sit there and tell all of these lies that president biden did not win the election and that it was stolen somehow from donald trump. you all let him go on and on. even though i got into your conversation late, i did not even hear a democrat get on to talk. all i heard was republicans and independents. it seems like most times when i tune in to listen to your show that a lot of times that i hear mostly republicans and republican-leaning independence that are getting through on your show. i don't understand today why you let matt schlapp sit there and tell all of those lies he did. it was just one lie after another, and did not even stop and say, if you're going to be our guest on the show at least tell the

mr. o'keefe on thursday as part of the investigation. open form here on washington journal.rst to joann in harvey, illinois. good morning. caller: yes, good morning. thank you for taking my call. i don't get in that often but i have been listening to c-span for about 20 years. it is amazing to me how this morning that you could let your guest, the last guest you had on, sit there and tell all of these lies that president biden did not win the election and that it was stolen somehow from donald trump. you all let him go on and on. even though i got into your conversation late, i did not even hear a democrat get on to talk. all i heard was republicans and independents. it seems like most times when i tune in to listen to your show that a lot of times that i hear mostly republicans and republican-leaning independence that are getting through on your show. i don't understand today why you let matt schlapp sit there and tell all of those lies he did. it was just one lie after another, and did not even stop and say, if you're going to be our guest on the show at least tell the tru

mr. o'keefe feel targeted by? >> i don't know. i guess you would have to ask -- >> but the garland justice department n this instance at least seems to be simple will he not closing down an investigation into someone. it feels like in this time of right-wing disinformation is claim like that -- i mean, does an investigation even happen that quickly. he is suggesting this is some sort of political, what, hit on him? >> that's been one of the issues i think that matt gaetz had when it came out earlier this year that he was under investigation, that that investigation was signed off, the open asking moving forward of it by bill barr and started under his department. following the narrative that these people were targets of the garland justice department is a harder argument to make. but these don't usually get in the way. >> we are going to pop in and listen to what speaker nancy pelosi has to say. >> today we have an opportunity to proceed down a path to advance a very historic and transformative agenda. the president's agenda to bu

o'keefe. >> reporter: big warning signs tonight for democrats as the upset in virginia and tighter-than-expected results in new jersey put president biden's agenda and democratic control of congress in jeopardy. mr. biden said voters sent a message. >> people want us to get things done. people are upset and uncertain about a lot of things. >> reporter: that was clear. republican glenn youngkin's victory over democrat terry mcauliffe in virginia, a state the president had won by 10 points a year ago. voters showed they were unhappy with the direconthe country and inaction in washington. some democrats today blame themselves. >> look, congressional dems hurt terry mcauliffe. nd reconciliation in mid-october, he could have sold universal pre-k, affordable child care, infrastructure, creating jobs. >> reporter: with the president's approval ratings at a record low, democrats are now trying to figure out how,000 win in states similar to virginia and new jersey and hold on to their slim majority. >> as one who will be running for reelection in 2022, i need results that i can tell the american people that congress can deliver. >> reporter: republicans who saw democrats unsuccessfully try to tie youngki

o'keefe. >> reporter: big warning signs for democrats as virginia and tighter than expected results in new jersey but president biden and democrats' control of congress in jeopardy. mrn said voters sent a message. things done.e want uto get of orter:t was clear. ggk's victory over terry mcauliffe in virginia, a state the president had won by ten points a year ago. voters showed they were unhappy with the direction of the country and inaction in washington. some democrats today blame themselves. >> look, congressional dems for terry mcauliffe. if we had been able to deliver infrastructure and reconciliation in mid-october, he could have sold universal pre-k, affordable child care, infrastructure, creating jobs. >> reporter: with the president's approval ratings at a record low, democrats are now trying to figure out how to win in states similar to virginia and new jersey and hold on to their slim majority. >> as one who will be running for reelection in 2022, i need results that i can tell the american people that congress can deliver. >> reporter: republicans who saw democrats unsuccessfully try to tie youngkin to donald trump, relished the results. >> i think this