A Florida judge lifted a firearms prohibition imposed on investigative journalist James OKeefe after West Palm Beach Police seized his weapons from his headquarters.
According to the Gateway Pundit, the dispute stems from a domestic violence restraining order obtained by Matthew Tyrmand, a former Project Veritas board member, and served on OKeefe last month while he was livestreaming from his West Palm Beach office. The Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office delivered the order, which OKeefe says was filed in Miami-Dade County and used to justify the temporary confiscation of his guns.
Palm Beach County Sheriffs Department just served me with a domestic violence restraining order from Matthew Tyrmand. The former board member from Project Veritas who said he wants to murder me, OKeefe said, describing the episode to his audience. He added, Despite admitting multiple times on hidden camera wanting me dead, Matthew Tyrmand filed a restraining order against ME in Miami Dade County.
OKeefe further quoted Tyrmand as saying, Saying such things as: I would kill him [OKeefe]. Because he is one of the most evil people Ive ever known., and accused him of violent symbolism. He even shot up my book with rifle bullets through my heart on the cover. The audacity of evil has no bounds, OKeefe said, framing the case as a weaponization of the legal system against a political foe.
The conflict follows OKeefes prior undercover operation in which he honey-trapped Tyrmand at a Miami Beach restaurant, where Tyrmand allegedly admitted to being an FBISouthern District of New York informant. After that sting, Tyrmand responded by securing the restraining order, which a Miami judge initially extended while ordering OKeefe to surrender his firearms.
West Palm Beach Police arrived at OKeefe Media Groups Florida headquarters Thursday evening and confiscated his guns under that order. By Friday, however, a judge had overturned the firearms prohibition, a development likely to resonate with conservatives concerned about due process, Second Amendment rights, and the growing use of restraining orders as a tool in political and ideological battles.
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