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State Department on Hidden Cam, “Resist Everything,” “I Have Nothing to Lose”
Project Veritas ^ | 18sep18 | Staff Report

Posted on 09/18/2018 6:46:50 AM PDT by vannrox

Federal Employee for State Department: “Resist everything… Every level. F**k sh*t up.”
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Embedded in Federal Government Positions, Actively Resisting
Stuart Karaffa Does Work for DSA While on Taxpayer’s Dime: “I’m careful about it. I don’t leave a paper trail.”
“I have nothing to lose. It’s impossible to fire federal employees.”
Ethics Officer Fails to Recognize Breach on Ethics Form: “somebody just rubber stamps it and it goes forward…”

 

(Washington DC) Today, Project Veritas released the first installment in an undercover videoinvestigation series unmasking the deep state. This video features a State Department employee, Stuart Karaffa, engaged in radical socialist political activity on the taxpayer’s dime, while advocating for resistance to official government policies. In addition to being a State Department employee Stuart Karaffa is also a ranking member of the Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America (Metro DC DSA.)

Metro DC DSA is a socialist group that works to advance progressive causes in the metropolitan DC area.

Socialist Activism at the State Department

Mr. Karaffa’s loyalties seem to be with DSA, not with his employer.

Karaffa told an undercover Project Veritas journalist that he performs DSA activism while at work for the State Department. He explained that he drafts DSA communications while on the job at State Department:

“… I’m careful about it. I don’t leave a paper trail, like I leave emails, and like any press s**t that comes up I leave that until after 5:30. But as soon as 5:31 hits, got my like draft messages ready to send out.”

Karaffa also admits that on behalf of DSA he monitors Virginia political news online while at work:

“You could put two and two together probably. With like web traffic…. So with web traffic, I mean I could make the case before a court of law that- I’m going to the Virginia sort of, campaign finance website- that I’m just interested in what people are doing politically. But if they also go and look at like DSA minutes and like Officer positions they’ll be like, ‘that’s weird, you were the co-chair of the electoral caucus, and you spent three hours on a Virginia campaign finance website.'”

Insufficient Oversight

Karaffa does not believe that he will be caught and punished by the appropriate authorities, saying, “Maybe someday I’ll go to board of elections jail, probably not.”

Karaffa does not seem to be concerned about disciplinary action from the State Department: “I have nothing to lose. It’s impossible to fire federal employees.” When asked if his supervisor at the State Department knows about his activism, Karaffa reveals that “nobody knows” about it.

Some government employees are required to regularly submit disclosure forms to help management identify any potential conflicts of interest that may interfere with job responsibilities. Despite disclosing his political activities and officer positions on his financial disclosure form, Karaffa alleges that:

“… somebody just rubber stamps [the form] and it goes forward… I don’t know if [the ethics officer is] all there. He’s so checked out…”

Resistance

In one exchange, Karaffa’s attitude towards the current administration’s official policies appears to conflict with his duty to be impartial as a State Department employee. Karaffa says:

“Resist everything… Every level. F**k sh*t up.”

Stuart Karaffa is just the first federal government employee that Project Veritas has recorded in an undercover series unmasking the deep state.

“We’ve heard a lot about the Deep State; holdovers from the previous administration resisting change or nameless and faceless bureaucrats slowing things down or leaking secrets in an effort to undermine this administration,” said Project Veritas President James O’Keefe. “What is truly striking is their boldness, they are not afraid. They are even boastful about a warped reality, where they won’t get caught and can’t get fired even if they did.”

More deep state investigation reports will be released soon.



TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2018midterms; crime; deep; deepstate; federalemployees; karaffa; okeefe; projectveritas; socialist; sospompeo; stuartkaraffa; trump; trumpstatedept; va2018; veritas
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1 posted on 09/18/2018 6:46:50 AM PDT by vannrox
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To: vannrox
I'm reminded of a key scene in the movie "Batman Begins". Bruce Wayne as a rather young man shows up in front of a crime boss just to declare "I'm not afraid of you."

The crime boss says, "That's because you haven't thought it through. People from your world have so much to lose."

2 posted on 09/18/2018 6:49:33 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The MSM is in the business of creating a fake version of reality for political reasons.)
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To: All

I read this too.

Here’s how I see it...

A quick investigation to see if what this guy is saying is true.

A quick visit to Mike Pompeo’s office.

A quick escort off State Department property.

Anything less than that and the Left will feel that they can get away with this.


3 posted on 09/18/2018 6:49:48 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: vannrox

It is time to F up these people with prejudice.


4 posted on 09/18/2018 6:50:56 AM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: vannrox

bookmark


5 posted on 09/18/2018 6:52:14 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: vannrox

I’d contribute to a fund to hire someone to F his S up.


6 posted on 09/18/2018 6:52:45 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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To: vannrox

As usual, nothing to see here, folks, move along... Just give me five minutes alone with this pissant and I would knock that cockiness out of him. OK, I can dream, can’t I?


7 posted on 09/18/2018 6:52:47 AM PDT by Russ
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To: MplsSteve
<>"...the Left will feel that they can get away with this."<>

They already do. Please pray that they are wrong.

I still want to believe what they taught me in school about Truth, Justice and the American Way.

8 posted on 09/18/2018 6:53:44 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (Remember the meaning of the word "Trump".)
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To: MplsSteve

That is how it would be done in the private sector. Government union and civil service protections probably make that impossible. How about a transfer to a project in Siberia?


9 posted on 09/18/2018 6:55:27 AM PDT by Freee-dame (Best election ever!)
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To: bigbob; Russ
I think you could hire Freeper Russ pretty cheap.
10 posted on 09/18/2018 6:55:33 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (Remember the meaning of the word "Trump".)
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To: vannrox

bttt


11 posted on 09/18/2018 6:55:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Aevery_Freeman

Hire? No thanks, I would gladly pay for the opportunity...


12 posted on 09/18/2018 6:56:38 AM PDT by Russ
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To: vannrox

Ok... So Okeefe effectively drops a MOAB on this federal employee who will surely lose his job... pretty much for FAILING to follow the directive issued by the DSA!

So what now??? He just clipped off a big toenail from the DSA which will grow back within a week.

The democrats and the bureaucracy will make a serious (but brief) example of this guy... fire him... and move on... denying that this behavior is typical in government agencies. I know Okeefe has more to come, but even if he publishes 20 videos like this, it still represents only a fraction of the federal work force.

The only thing I found useful in this video which is action worthy was the correspondence from the DSA itself which demonstrates the organization’s illegal involvement in our government. Maybe waterboarding this dude for more info might help though.

Also kind of hard for Trump to do anything about this when his own FBI is most likely littered with DSA operatives like this as well.

I think the day that Okeefe gets too close to the head of the snake will be the same day we hear of his mysterious demise. I really do fear for his safety... God must have a specialized team of angels protecting him.

Seems to me like the only effective thing Trump can do is to just fire everybody, and start over. (if he can do that)


13 posted on 09/18/2018 6:59:24 AM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Aevery_Freeman
Jefferson Smith, welcome to FR!


14 posted on 09/18/2018 7:00:00 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: vannrox

Calling Wilson Blair...


15 posted on 09/18/2018 7:00:11 AM PDT by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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To: vannrox

Sweet! Trump may not be able to fire these schmucks, but how well will they be able to do their jobs if he yanks all their security clearances? “We can’t fire you, but there’s a bathroom floor in an airbase in Upchuckistan that needs polishing.”


16 posted on 09/18/2018 7:02:24 AM PDT by Sparticus (Primary the Tuesday group!)
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To: MplsSteve

He won’t be fired immediately. It could take many months and there is no guarantee that he will be fired.


17 posted on 09/18/2018 7:03:50 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Mouton

I guess when a dozen or so Governors declare secession then that will be a start.


18 posted on 09/18/2018 7:05:17 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Russ; pissant
Just give me five minutes alone with this pissant
19 posted on 09/18/2018 7:05:30 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again. Bring back ASA.)
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To: vannrox

So what is his position? Don’t have the time to look him up now. He could be anything from a fairly senior professional to a guy manning the lunch counter in the cafeteria. I’m guessing a fairly low ranking person in a job track without much upward potential. A drone on a treadmill with too much time on his hands.


20 posted on 09/18/2018 7:05:32 AM PDT by sphinx
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