“Steve Bannon Backs James O’Keefe in Veritas Controversy: ‘We Don’t Have Time for Games’ (VIDEO)”

It was a bombshell announcement last Wednesday when news broke that James O’Keefe had been placed on paid leave from Project Veritas. Reports followed that the organization’s donors had sent a cease and desist letter to the board, demanding O’Keefe’s reinstatement as CEO. In response, Steve Bannon spoke up on Saturday to back O’Keefe, asserting that, “James O’Keefe is Veritas. We don’t have time for games. We don’t have time for ego plays. We don’t have time for power struggles.”

The timing couldn’t be worse, with the organization in the middle of a major Pfizer investigation. Bannon, who’s known O’Keefe for 12 or 13 years, had nothing but praise for the work he’s done to build the organization. He also applauded the organization’s lawyers and donors for standing up and taking action.

This is an example of a situation where the complexity of the story, coupled with the urgency of the problem, demands a high degree of perplexity and burstiness in the writing. It’s clear that O’Keefe’s future with the organization is still up in the air, and Bannon’s statement indicates the stakes are high. The