In this exclusive behind-the-scenes film, Full Access members go inside the Minnesota vouching investigation that led Hennepin County to charge James O’Keefe and journalist Cam Higby with two felonies on Oct. 28. Viewers see how the OMG team planned the investigation, what poll workers in Minneapolis said about vouching for up to eight people, and the line that put the law on the map: “You are the ID.” Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has since told reporters, “I think it’s pretty clear they did not intend to vote.”
The film also follows the team to Detroit, where James knocks on doors tied to duplicate absentee ballot return envelopes from the 2020 election, and to Alaska, where OMG flies 800 miles to the island of Unalaska and then visits Anchorage polling places on primary day.
Before walking in, James lays out the ground rule on camera: “We’re not going to actually vote. We’re not impersonating him. We’re just saying his name and asking questions.”
It ends in the edit room, where James sets the rule behind every OMG story: if it’s speculation, it comes out. It’s a rare, unfiltered look at the planning, the close calls and the judgment calls that never make the final cut.
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