The Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the home of James O’Keefe, the founder of the far-right activist group Project Veritas, as well as two of his associates, after the theft of first daughter Ashley Biden’s diary in October 2020.

O’Keefe’s apartment in Westchester County, New York, was raided by the FBI on Saturday morning. The FBI said it would not discuss an ongoing investigation.

O’Keefe’s neighbor told the New York Times that agents arrived around 6 a.m. and had a warrant.

“I ran to the door and looked out the peephole and clearly saw an F.B.I. raid,” the neighbor said. “You saw the jackets. Literally, it was just out of a movie.”

A day before the raid, O’Keefe shared a video, claiming Project Veritas previously attempted to return the diary to Biden’s lawyer, who reportedly did not authenticate it.

“We took steps to corroborate the authenticity of the diary. At the end of the day, we made the ethical decision that because, in part, we could not determine if the diary was real, if the diary in fact belonged to Ashley Biden, or if the contents of the diary occurred, we could not publish the diary and any part thereof,” O’Keefe said.

Project Veritas eventually gave the journal to an unspecified law enforcement agency.

The group did not publish the diary, which it reportedly received from a whistleblower who worked for a publication that would not publish the contents out of fear of hurting Joe Biden so close to the 2020 election.

On Oct. 24, dozens of the alleged diary pages were posted on a right-wing website.

“It appears the Southern District of New York now has journalists in their sights for the supposed crime of doing their jobs lawfully and honestly,” O’Keefe said in the video.

“Our efforts were the stuff of responsible, ethical journalism and we are in no doubt that Project Veritas acted properly at each and every step.”

O’Keefe’s statement came after the FBI raided the Manhattan apartment of his associate Spencer Meads, and the home of another associate in Mamaroneck.

Project Veritas filed a defamation lawsuit against the Times for how it characterized two Project Veritas videos that ran in September 2020.

James O'Keefe, an American conservative political activist and founder of Project Veritas, said Thursday his group had been banned from Twitter
James O'Keefe, an American conservative political activist and founder of Project Veritas, said Thursday his group had been banned from Twitter GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Samuel Corum
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