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In a shocking development, the New York Young Republican Club has suspended Matthew Tyrmand, one of its prominent members and a member of the Board of Directors for Project Veritas. The suspension comes amid allegations that Tyrmand may have played a key role in the ousting of James O’Keefe, the founder of Project Veritas.

The New York Young Republican Club, one of the most influential Republican groups in New York, announced the news. The Club also stated that it has launched an investigation into the matter and suspended Tyrmand pending the outcome of the probe. The Club’s leadership said that they take these allegations seriously and are committed to uncovering the truth behind this matter.

Project Veritas is an investigative journalism organization that focuses on exposing corruption and malfeasance in government and other institutions. The organization has been at the forefront of many high-profile investigations over the years, and O’Keefe has been its face and voice for much of that time.

Political activist James O’Keefe speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting at National Harbor near Washington, U.S., March 1, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

However, O’Keefe’s tenure at the organization came to a sudden end earlier this week when he announced his departure from Project Veritas. While O’Keefe didn’t give any reasons for his departure, rumors quickly began to circulate that he had been forced out by members of the Board of Directors, who were unhappy with his leadership style and some of the controversial tactics he employed in the course of his investigations.

That’s where Tyrmand comes in. As a member of the Board of Directors, he would have had significant influence over the decision to oust O’Keefe. Some sources have suggested that Tyrmand was the driving force behind the move, and that he had been angling for O’Keefe’s job for some time.

These allegations have sparked a firestorm of controversy within the Republican Party, with many prominent figures calling for an investigation into the matter. The New York Young Republican Club’s decision to suspend Tyrmand pending an investigation is a clear sign that the Party takes these allegations seriously and is committed to getting to the bottom of what happened.

It remains to be seen what the outcome of this investigation will be, but one thing is clear: the Republican Party is at a crossroads. The Party needs to present a united front if it hopes to make gains in Congress. But if these allegations of infighting and backstabbing continue to dominate the headlines, it could spell disaster for the Party’s chances in November.

By Alki David

Alki David — Publisher, Media Architect, SIN Network Creator - live, direct-to-public communication, media infrastructure, accountability journalism, and independent distribution. Born in Lagos, Nigeria; educated in the United Kingdom and Switzerland; attended the Royal College of Art. Early internet broadcaster — participated in real-time public coverage during the 1997 Mars landing era using experimental online transmission from Beverly Hills. Founder of FilmOn, one of the earliest global internet television networks offering live and on-demand broadcasting outside legacy gatekeepers. Publisher of SHOCKYA — reporting since 2010 on systemic corruption inside the entertainment business and its expansion into law, finance, and regulation. Creator of the SIN Network (ShockYA Integrated Network), a federated media and civic-information infrastructure spanning investigative journalism, live TV, documentary, and court-record reporting. Lived and worked for over 40 years inside global media hubs including Malibu, Beverly Hills, London, Hong Kong and Gstaad. Early encounter with Julian Assange during the first Hologram USA operations proved a formative turning point — exposing the realities of lawfare, information suppression, and concentrated media power. Principal complainant and driving force behind what court filings describe as the largest consolidated media–legal accountability action on record, now before the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Relocated to Antigua & Barbuda and entered sustained legal, civic, and informational confrontation over media power, safeguarding, and accountability at Commonwealth scale.