An Incriminating Voicemail and a Failed Campaign Sting

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 27, 2016

How does a self-described guerrilla journalist take down his own sting on a prominent donor to Hillary Clinton’s campaign, the hedge-fund billionaire George Soros?

He left an incriminating accidental voicemail, of course.

Jane Mayer, New Yorker staff writer, explores the potential impact of activists like James O'Keefe on the 2016 presidential campaign and plays tape of an inadvertent voicemail O'Keefe left, outlining his plan to infiltrate the Open Society.

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