Hannah Giles Confronted for Cutting Off Legal Aid to PV Journos, Suppressing O'Keefe Audit

Sage Ops' Leon Sculti, former director of undercover operations at Project Veritas, confronted the group's current CEO, Hannah Giles, just outside the non-profit's HQ in Mamaroneck N.Y. Our conversation with Miss Giles lasted for about three minutes and covered four topics:

1) Ms. Giles' documented and arguably unethical decision to quietly cut legal defense funding to two former Project Veritas journalists currently under investigation by the Southern District of New York in relation to Ashley Biden's diary, after publicly promising her organization would continue to support those specific journalists in a promotional video released only weeks earlier.

2) Ms. Giles' apparent misleading and over-hyping of investigations that never materialized to Project Veritas board members, such as the CCP data dump released on July 25, 2023, in which Ms. Giles told board members she literally had the names of 300,000 Chinese operatives stateside.

3) Ms Giles' ability to lead the organization and what message she had for Project VErotas supporters.

4) Secretly recorded board meetings reveal Project Veritas was in possession of an audit report from Dorsey & Whitney, LLP in regard to the investigation of former CEO James OKeefe and was refusing to release it to the public. Why?

At the end of our interview Ms. Giles' offered to do a sit-down interview with us, an invitation we immediately accepted.

This story was originally posted on August 28, 2023 on Twitter/X: @SageOps_

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TRANSCRIPT OF SAGE OPS STREET INTERVIEW (SI) WITH HANNAH GILES, PROJECT VERITAS CEO – RECORDED 8-22-23 – RELEASED 8-28-23

[Intro, music] TD, SAGE OPS Did James commit self-inurement? You have the report. JOE BARTON, PROJECT VERITAS BOARD MEMBER (covertly recorded PV board meeting) The one thing that I will talk about is the audit report. The board decided not to release that. TD, SAGE OPS Why won’t you release it? JOE BARTON, PROJECT VERITAS BOARD MEMBER (covertly recorded PV board meeting) No one's going to see that except for the board, for reasons that do not have to be disclosed. TD, SAGE OPS I've heard tapes of board meetings. I’ve heard tapes of board meetings.

JOE BARTON, PROJECT VERITAS BOARD MEMBER (covertly recorded PV board meeting)

Is PV exonerated? Yes.

TD, SAGE OPS You have the investigation results but you're not releasing it to the public why not?

JOE BARTON, PROJECT VERITAS BOARD MEMBER (covertly recorded PV board meeting) There are other issues and concerns. So the board made the decisions that it did.

[Sage Ops logo drop]

TD, SAGE OPS Hannah, how you doing? My name is Leon Sculti. How are you? I used to work for Project Veritas. I am recording you. My name was “TD” at Project Veritas. I was Field Ops Director for three years under James [O’Keefe]. Ran his undercover operations.

PROJECT VERITAS VIDEO RELEASE (narration by Hannah Giles) You’re watching pre-dawn raids by the FBI on three Project Veritas journalists.

TD, SAGE OPS I wanted to ask you about the video that you guys put out about three weeks ago, where you showed the phone call that was made to Ashley Biden, and why you guys put that video out.

HANNAH GILES, PROJECT VERITAS CEO I think we explained why we put that video out.

PROJECT VERITAS VIDEO RELEASE (narration by Hannah Giles) The legal battle for Project Veritas to defend First Amendment rights rages on. To date, we have spent millions of dollars defending these former Project Veritas journalists.

TD, SAGE OPS From what I understand you put it out, it was a fundraiser for the defense of journalists. And specifically, journalists that were working the Ashley Biden investigation. I was in that room of the recording that you released. I understand, Eric Cochran, that that tape was released amongst his objections. And then I saw a text message that Post Millennial had reported on where you had instructed an attorney at Project Veritas to cease paying for Spencer Meads’ and Eric Cochran’s defense in the Asley Biden case.

PROJECT VERITAS VIDEO RELEASE (narration by Hannah Giles) We continue to provide representation to all of them, this fight is to protect all journalists.

TD, SAGE OPS And he [the Project Veritas attorney] included a text message from you saying, let Eric and Spencer's attorneys know that it's a done deal that the board has approved that. Is that, did I get that correct?

JIM HOUCK Sorry, guys, she does have a timeline. TD, SAGE OPS I appreciate your time. What's your name? One more question. You had mentioned that there was three, that you guys had a CCP story you were working on, you released a document dump. Do you have a database of 300,000 Chinese operatives? You said you literally have a database of 300,000 Chinese operatives.

HANNAH GILES, PROJECT VERITAS CEO (covertly recorded PV board meeting) We're working on the state-sponsored enterprises from the Chinese Communist Party and the plans that they've already been implementing since October of 2020. And identifying all their operatives in the United States. JOHN GARVEY, PROJECT VERITAS BOARD MEMBER (covertly recorded PV board meeting) They’ve got 300,000. HANNAH GILES, PROJECT VERITAS CEO (covertly recorded PV board meeting) Right.

So we have we've been, we literally have that entire database.

TD, SAGE OPS Do you have a database of 300,000 Chinese operatives, Hannah? Are you enjoying– How are you enjoying your time at Project Veritas?

HANNAH GILES, PROJECT VERITAS, CEO (covertly recorded PV board meeting) You realize how insulting it is that I'm bringing all the sources and the stories and these donors to the table and you guys are gonna get rid of me in August. JOHN GARVEY, PROJECT VERITAS BOARD MEMBER (covertly recorded PV board meeting) No, that’s– HANNAH GILES, PROJECT VERITAS, CEO (covertly recorded PV board meeting) That’s what it feels like.

TD, SAGE OPS Do you want to send a message to your followers that are left? Because now’s your time to send a message to your followers at Project Veritas. Why should they believe in you? And why should you believe you're the right person to lead this company? JOHN GARVEY, PROJECT VERITAS BOARD MEMBER (covertly recorded PV board meeting) Why do you think that?

HANNAH GILES, PROJECT VERITAS, CEO (covertly recorded PV board meeting) I mean, it’s because that’s what people have been saying is ‘they're gonna use you, abuse you and say goodbye.’ JOHN GARVEY, PROJECT VERITAS BOARD MEMBER (covertly recorded PV board meeting) Why would we do that, Hannah? HANNAH GILES, PROJECT VERITAS, CEO (covertly recorded PV board meeting) I don't know.

TD, SAGE OPS No comment, Hannah? I know it's a tough job. I do. But come on, now’s your chance. Tell everybody why they should believe in you. Why they should believe in Project Veritas. Why is it not dead? Did James O’Keefe commit self-inurement? You have the report. JOHN GARVEY, PROJECT VERITAS BOARD MEMBER (covertly recorded PV board meeting) The one thing that I will talk about is the audit report. The board decided not to release that.

TD, SAGE OPS The board said that they have the report. You have the report back from the forensic investigation from James [O’Keefe] from the company you hired. Why won't you release it?

JOHN GARVEY, PROJECT VERITAS BOARD MEMBER (covertly recorded PV board meeting) So, no one's going to see that except for the board, for reasons that do not have to be disclosed.

TD, SAGE OPS I've heard tapes of board meetings. I've heard tapes of board meetings, where a board member says you have the investigation results but you're not releasing to the public. Why not?

JIM HOUCK Rotten Bastard. JOE BARTON, PROJECT VERITAS BOARD MEMBER (covertly recorded PV board meeting) Is PV exonerated? Yes. But there are other issues and concerns, So the board made the decisions that it did. TD, SAGE OPS I appreciate your time, Hannah. I really do. And I appreciate your time, pal [Jim Houck]. We all got something to do, you know. HANNAH GILES, PROJECT VERITAS, CEO If you guys want to have a sit-down interview with me, I’m fine with that. TD, SAGE OPS I do. I do.

Is ___ still working here?

HANNAH GILES, PROJECT VERITAS, CEO

___ is here.

TD, SAGE OPS ___ can set it up. I appreciate your time. HANNAH GILES, PROJECT VERITAS, CEO Can you send it to the media request? And then we can sit down and talk about it.

TD, SAGE OPS I can.

HANNAH GILES, PROJECT VERITAS, CEO Thank you. TD, SAGE OPS Thank you. Have a nice day. My man [Jim Houck] have a nice day. Thank you [Sage Ops logo drop]