A Minnesota county has charged journalists James O’Keefe and Cam Higby with felony charges of unlawful voting and identity theft.
In a press release from the Hennepin County Attorney, O’Keefe and Higby are accused of attempting to “sow doubt about Minnesota’s secure voting systems” by filming themselves at Hennepin County polling locations and posting the videos to social media.
O’Keefe, 42, and Higby, 26, both journalists, visited polling places on Aug. 11 and spoke to officials under the guise of being local voters.
According to the county attorney, both men misrepresented their identities by giving election judges at the polling places names of registered voters without those voters’ knowledge or permission. The videos they shared showed interviews with poll workers about the state’s no-ID-required vouching program….