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'Washington Post' Says It Foiled Apparent Sting By James O'Keefe's Activist Group

Post reporters say a woman approached them with a story about having gotten pregnant as a teen by Alabama's Roy Moore. But suspicions were confirmed when she was seen at Project Veritas' offices.
The <em>Washington Post</em> published video of reporter Stephanie McCrummen, left, speaking to Jaime Phillips, who claimed to be a source for a story about embattled politician Roy Moore. Days later, members of the paper's staff watched Phillips walk into the offices of activist James O'Keefe's Project Veritas organization.

The Washington Post says a woman who approached reporters with a story that Alabama's Roy Moore got her pregnant as a teen actually "appears to be part of undercover sting operation" run by conservative activist James O'Keefe — suspicions the newspaper says were confirmed when the woman was spotted walking into the offices of Project Veritas on Monday.

O'Keefe, who founded Project Veritas, is countering the newspaper's story with his own narrative, releasing secretly recorded videos of Post employees that he says prove "how shockingly one-sided their editorial team is."

O'Keefe and the have put out dueling and question reporter Aaron C. Davis, who repeatedly asks O'Keefe whether the woman works for him.

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