Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans right
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
66/100
CBS News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
11
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Hennepin County prosecutors on Wednesday charged James O'Keefe, 42, and Cam Higby, 26, with felony unlawful voting and identity theft over videos they filmed during Minnesota's Aug. 11 primary, according to a news release from the Hennepin County Attorney's Office.
uncertain
they → charge → Office
The office said both men visited multiple precincts in Hennepin County and misrepresented their identities by giving election judges the names of registered voters in the precinct, without those voters' knowledge or permission.
asserted
men → say → knowledge
The office said they posted the videos to social media to try to undermine confidence in Minnesota's voting systems.
asserted
they → say → systems
Secretary of State Steve Simon said in the release that any attempt to disrupt or deceive election workers "will not be tolerated."
asserted
attempt → say → workers
The release cites a Minnesota law that bars intentionally misrepresenting a person's identity when applying for a ballot, depositing a ballot in a ballot box or attempting to vote by machine.
asserted
that → cite → machine
It did not say when O'Keefe and Higby are due in court.
asserted
O'Keefe → say → court
What the video of James O'Keefe showed
The charges stem from
, in which activists who call themselves the Citizen Justice League posed as Minnesota voters.
asserted
who → show → voters
The group said they were testing Minnesota's 53-year-old voter voucher law.
asserted
they → say → law
The video begins with undercover activists, donning what they called Muslim costumes, using fake accents and claiming to be Minnesota voters vouching for the others.
asserted
they → begin → others
Minnesota's voucher law is intended to help people who just moved to the state vote.
asserted
who → intend → state
It allows a registered voter to vouch that someone lives where they say they do.
asserted
they → allow → ?
The law does not allow people to impersonate real Minnesota voters.
asserted
people → allow → voters
The video shows O'Keefe, the
and now of O'Keefe Media Group, falsely identifying himself to election officials as William Pomeranz.
asserted
O'Keefe → show → Pomeranz
CBS News Minnesota spoke to the real William Pomeranz, who, on Election Day, kept getting odd messages.
asserted
who → speak → messages
"I actually had a student contact me that had showed me what was online about my identity being misrepresented.
asserted
what → have → identity
I found out on Friday," Pomeranz said.
asserted
Pomeranz → find → Friday
CBS News Minnesota reported in August that the group's members did not go ahead with voting illegally.
asserted
members → report → August
They reported it afterwards, and frankly, I got to vote that evening without a problem.
asserted
I → report → problem
So, you know, the voting process, in my mind, worked," Pomeranz said.
asserted
Pomeranz → know → mind
"It's illegal in the state of Minnesota to impersonate another voter, and this is apparently what O'Keefe did," David Schultz, a constitutional law professor at Hamline University, said in August.
asserted
Schultz → impersonate → August
In August, Schultz, Pomeranz and Simon said the video shows the system worked.
asserted
system → say → August
"As I read the law, you can't impersonate another registered voter, and that's exactly what they appear to have filmed themselves doing," Simon said at the time.
asserted
Simon → read → time
The Aporia
