‘Journalist-source privilege’ invoked by Project Veritas staffer rejected by Second Circuit in Ashley Biden diary theft case

Left to right: Former Project Veritas staffer Eric Cochran, Project Veritas founder James O

Left to right: Former Project Veritas staffer Eric Cochran, Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe, and former staffer Spencer Meads appear in video in September 2023. (O’Keefe Media Group/X). Inset: Ashley Biden and Joe Biden appear at a Feb. 7, 2017 event in New York City (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for GILT.)

The assertion of journalist-source privilege invoked by Spencer Meads, a former staffer for Project Veritas involved with the duo who pleaded guilty to stealing the diary of President Joe Biden’s daughter Ashley Biden, was rejected by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday.

The court simultaneously upheld the use of a crime-fraud exception previously placed over certain records tied to the theft.

Project Veritas is known for video sting operations of liberal targets and perceived enemies of former President Donald Trump.

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