James O’Keefe when undercover on a day with a gay pentagon official, putting on only a pair of glasses and donning a gay-looking mustache, in order to expose this Senior Pentagon Director’s deep state agenda, which is to slow-walk and reverse policy ideas he doesn’t agree with.
Here’s the video:
O’KEEFE UNDERCOVER: Senior Pentagon Director Caught On Hidden Camera: Spills On A “Gay” Date With O’Keefe That He WILL "Undo Whatever's Been Done [at the Pentagon]" After Trump Leaves Office To Reverse His Agenda…
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— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) July 22, 2026
Here’s more from O’Keefe:
Meet Brandon Newsom, a senior official in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy for 16 years. He oversees corporate operations supporting Secretary Hegseth, including HR, IT, security, facilities, records management, and implementation of executive orders.
This is our latest installment of exposing dissent within the deep state. Our hidden-camera investigations pull back the curtain on how the government operates behind closed doors.
In this undercover investigation Brandon discusses exact policies he would like to see changed under a future administration, including the federal government’s faith service program and schedule policy/career workforce reforms.
The first program policies he would seek to reverse is the Pentagon’s monthly voluntary faith service policy. This is a Christian monthly prayer worship service, readings from the Bible, and sermons from pastors. Brandon would like to provide a prayer service for all religions instead of just Christian faith services.
The second policy Brandon says he would seek to reverse is the schedule policy/career reform, a federal workforce change that moves certain senior career employees in policy-related roles into a new personnel category. Supporters argue it gives elected leaders more accountability over officials who help shape policy, while critics argue it could weaken protections traditionally afforded to career civil servants.
When I ask whether he has the authority to reverse said policies, the official responds: “I don’t have the authority to do that, but I have the influence.”
He argues that the real power of long-serving career bureaucrats lies in the positions they hold, saying, “It’s not about me, it’s about the position.”
Explaining why he has remained in government for 16 years despite disagreeing with the administration’s direction, Brandon says, “The way I look at it is… when the election changes… I want to stay and stick it out so that when the time comes, I can undo whatever’s been done.”
Brandon also shares his personal views on President Trump, telling me, “I think Trump is a narcissist.” He further criticizes the administration’s decision-making on Iran, stating, “Yeah. I think it’s [War in Iran] completely stupid, but it’s driven on one man’s ego to me in my own personal opinion.”
Brandon hints that he knows more about what goes on behind the scenes in Washington, telling me, “I’ve seen some things. In true D.C. nature, you don’t always reveal everything in D.C.”
Brandon also claims many of the Pentagon contracts cut under DOGE were data-related before major data contracts were later awarded to Palantir. When asked why, he suggests the company’s relationships with senior Pentagon officials may have played a role, stating, “That’s what it appears.” Palantir was later awarded up to $10 billion in U.S. Army data contracts.
Ironically, Brandon even acknowledges that I could be a reporter. “I mean, you could be a news reporter,” he says before continuing the conversation.
This begs the question: If a government director says he can slow or reverse a sitting President’s agenda, who really governs the country? Is it the individual Americans elect or the career officials who outlast every administration?
And maybe the biggest mystery of all: Why do government officials in D.C. keep spilling secrets to me when I’m just wearing a mustache.
For the record, Brandon Newsom is not related to California Governor Gavin Newsom.
We reached out to the Pentagon and Brandon for comment.
Dude wants to work long enough to outlast Trump and reverse his policies? Yeah, bet that ain’t gonna happen now…