House Democrats tonight triumphantly announced that O’Keefe’s USPS whistleblower from Erie, PA recanted his
BREAKING NEWS: Erie, Pa. #USPS whistleblower completely RECANTED his allegations of a supervisor tampering with mail-in ballots after being questioned by investigators, according to IG.
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— Oversight Committee (@OversightDems) November 10, 2020
#USPS IG investigators informed Committee staff today that they interviewed Hopkins on Friday, but that Hopkins RECANTED HIS ALLEGATIONS yesterday and did not explain why he signed a false affidavit.
— Oversight Committee (@OversightDems) November 10, 2020
But O’Keefe responded to this, saying that the feds coerced Hopkins and he’s got audio to prove it:
We have recordings of the federal agents, who COERCED this man through a 4 hour interrogation Without representation, who stands by his original affidavit re: backdating ballots.
Standby for recordings doubling down on backdating ballots.
This is soviet style truth suppression https://t.co/toK6r8zb2m
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) November 10, 2020
O’Keefe further elaborated, saying these federal agents wouldn’t let him leave unless he signed a document that he didn’t understand:
Video not false.
USPS official stands by his original affidavit.
We have tapes of fed agents WHO PUT PRESSURE ON HIM to sign something he didn't understand. THEY WOULDN'T LET HIM LEAVEHe's doubling down. You're trying to get us deplatformed.
You're losing.@KrisGoldsmith85 https://t.co/k9iCht0Vzs
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) November 10, 2020
We’ll bring you the audio on this as soon as we get it…