The U.S. Federal Court of Appeal ruled in favour of James Okif's covert report

The United States Federal Court of Appeal ruled on 21 August that James Okif and his project reporter (Project Veritas) should not have incurred $130,000 in damages in covert operations against democratic strategists. The Court found that the jury ' s award of compensation violated the First Amendment and punished the defendant for publishing a news story. The case stems from a video released by the project, which demonstrates a dialogue with the democracy strategist Robert Kramer and other democratic operators. The Court noted that Kremer had failed to demonstrate that the defendant ' s unlawful acts were the main cause of his injury and that the protected content was the main cause of his contract losses。