James O'Keefe On Landrieu Office Break-In: 'I'd Do It Again' (VIDEO)

Conservative activist James O'Keefe, who recently plead guilty to misdemeanor charges of attempting to break into Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu's Louisiana office, said that he has no regrets and would even "do it again" in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos Tuesday morning.

"I'd do it again, I might do it differently," O'Keefe said one week after being hit with fines, probation, and community service in admitting to entering federal property under false pretenses. "I don't regret what I did... Senators are corrupt, politicians are corrupt. These people have to be investigated."

According to O'Keefe, his actions were not reflective of "a left or right thing," but rather an effort geared towards "exposing corruption."

The AP reports on the backstory to O'Keefe's comments and the ramifications the activist faces for trying break-in to Landurieu's Baton Rouge office:

James O'Keefe, 25, famous for wearing a pimp costume in a video that embarrassed the community organizing group ACORN, was sentenced to three years probation, 100 hours of community service and a $1,500 fine.

The FBI has said O'Keefe used his cell phone to try to capture video of two others who posed as telephone repairmen and asked to see the phones at Landrieu's office. O'Keefe has said the group was trying to investigate complaints that constituents calling Landrieu's office couldn't get through to criticize the Democrat's support of a health care reform bill.

James O'Keefe On Landrieu Office Break-In: 'I'd Do It Again'

Comments

[verbatim613]

09:48 AM on 06/03/2010

Listen up, liberal dummies: obviously, he meant he would be careful to follow the law from now on.

[supertim]

08:36 AM on 06/03/2010

So what we have here is O’Keefe confessing again to a crime. He knowingly signed the time sheet despite his having lied on it about the hours he worked. He knew that it was unlawful to do so, yet he did it anyway. This couldn’t be a more clear cut case. What’s more, there are laws against interfering with the conduct of the census. Since O’Keefe never intended to provide the services to which he agreed upon on employment, he could be liable for additional charges in that regard. And that’s not all. The Washington Post reports that O’Keefe may also have broken laws relating to surreptitiously recording Commerce Department conversations.

[KriTiKiT]

08:00 PM on 06/02/2010

revoke the plea deal!

[asiclilpup]

05:35 PM on 06/02/2010

Heed these sage words you little wuss MAKE YOUR WORDS SOFT AND SWEET BECAUSE YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHICH ONES YOU'RE GONNA EAT. You need an acorn shoved up your nose.

[Leigh49]

04:53 PM on 06/02/2010

If politicians are corrupt and need to be investigated, why doesn't he look into some of the dealings of his conservative congressman? Oh that's right. They're already in jail.

[SouthPrairie]

04:42 PM on 06/02/2010

Yes, please do. And then you can serve some time.

[Fattonecat]

04:40 PM on 06/02/2010

Surely not the last we'll see of this clown. A cone hat, robe, and a stool in the corner of a jail cell for this dunce !

[Erumisato]

04:37 PM on 06/02/2010

I wonder if my fellow lefties commenting here would be as negative towards him if it were right wing corruption he exposed. This guy's politics may not line up with ours, but he is fighting the good fight. The sad fact is the Democratic party's machinery is pretty much as corrupt as the Republican's. Yes, we may agree the majority of the time with people who have a (D) next to their name, but that doesn't give them a free pass to commit illegal, immoral, or at the very least highly questionable acts. I think we need to be careful that we don't dismiss someone uncovering the termite mounds under our own houses, lest our roof cave in upon us.

[TampaChief17]

04:40 PM on 06/02/2010

He's fighting the good fight the same way Fox is fair and balanced. His editing of his ACORN video isn't fighting the good fight but propaganda.

[patriciacaldwell]

05:32 PM on 06/02/2010

Fighting the good fight? That's what you think of a white nationalist who distributes anti-Semitic literature? Do you know about his racist past in college? He refused to room with a student who was gay, another one of Indian decent, and one of Greek decent. He used the N-word to describe others in the dorm before being kicked out. Anyone who calls Planned Parenthood and offer to pay for abortions of black fetuses "because there are too many black people in Ohio" needs to be watched. He's on probation, so if he takes his show on the road again, he can get real jail time. This guy is a journalist in the same way Fox News is a news network.

[Erumisato]

06:51 PM on 06/02/2010

Shame on me for not researching this guy more. I went by an interview I saw with him and took him at face value as going after corruption. I should have known better then to do that. That being said, if he uncovers people doing wrong, it cannot be dismissed. Acorn has real issues. The new Census has real issues. I denounce this guy, but not some of the things he uncovered.

[Erumisato]

06:52 PM on 06/02/2010

I should have said Acorn HAD real issues.

[kats]

04:36 PM on 06/02/2010

The fre ak boy says he's not partisan...bwahhaa haaa what a jokester

[patman77]

04:35 PM on 06/02/2010

right wing sociopunk. generates falsehoods about hardworking folks at a low paying job focused on helping the disenfranchised learn how to be better citizens by the act of voting for candidate of they're choice. they should sue the arsewipe neocan that paid his shill for that falsely stated film. perhaps a class action suit. Why is this lil creep not in jail. he gives convicts a bad name.

[Dr Confuso]

04:30 PM on 06/02/2010

This geeky looking punk needs a check-up from the neck up. And a bloody good thrashing wouldn't go astray either...by crikey!

[Jebbushnot]

04:21 PM on 06/02/2010

Give him what he wants:

1) A FoxNews 30 minute show after Glenn Beck
2) Become a FoxNews all star on Fox News Sunday's Show
3) A teen girl to date
4) A waterbed with a big dog to sleep with each night
5) A job in the Publc Relations Dept. of BP

[henrypapillon]

04:16 PM on 06/02/2010

There is no justice that this guy received no jail and the kid that pranked Palin got 10 years.

[Laplase75]

04:26 PM on 06/02/2010

I'm an atheist but AMEN!

[KriTiKiT]

07:59 PM on 06/02/2010

lol, well we can all rest soundly, he was hired as a census worker recorded the training session and posted it online... wow, all I can say is title 13, and that oath he took Guarantee TIME IN PRISON, 250,000 dollar fine for each person he shared it with.

[boboyaya]

04:16 PM on 06/02/2010

They say justice is blind.---so I don't see how he gets away with a hand slap after illegally entering a federal building and bugging a phone, while the guy who broke into Palins Facebook account , which had guessable weak passwords is facing 20 years?

[mixpiklix]

04:11 PM on 06/02/2010

that boy needs a shrink bad. we will hear from him again.