# Claim 398

O'Keefe said his seized phones contained reporters' notes and confidential source information unrelated to the diary case.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: O'Keefe said his seized phones contained reporters' notes and confidential source information unrelated to the diary case.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: Phones contained reporting material
- About: [incident 2021-fbi-raids-project-veritas-founder-okeefe](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2021-fbi-raids-project-veritas-founder-okeefe)
- Source: Project Veritas founder detained, phones seized amid FBI raid of his home. https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/project-veritas-founder-detained-phones-seized-amid-fbi-raid-of-his-home/
- Publisher: U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2021-11-06

## Quotation from the source

> On my phone were many of my reporter's notes, a lot of my sources unrelated to this story and a lot of confidential information to our news organization.

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