6:15 pm Friday, April 3, 2026 from James O’Keefe’s Legal Defense Fund, Liberty Guard

Subject: “Surrender your firearms.” — The judge’s order just got worse.

Liberty Guard logo + text: Dear Friend, I was live on air when the Palm Beach Sheriff walked in. No warning. No phone call. While my team and I were broadcasting to tens of thousands of people — a deputy came through the doors of OMG headquarters and handed me a restraining order. Served live. On camera. For the world to see. The person who filed it? Matthew Tyrmand — a former Project Veritas board member who admitted on hidden camera that he wants me dead.
Video + text: Watch The Moment They Served Me Live On Air Donate Let that sink in. The man who said he wants to murder me ran to a Miami courthouse and filed a domestic violence restraining order against ME. And yesterday, it got worse. I stood before a judge in Miami. He extended that restraining order until May 11th. And then he asked me to surrender all of my firearms.
I'm a journalist. I operate in dangerous environments — Minneapolis mobs, government whistleblowers, cartel country. My security team carries firearms because the threats against my life are real and documented. Now a court is trying to disarm me. I need your help to fight this. Will you chip in $35 to my legal defense fund right now? DONATE TO JAMES'S LEGAL DEFENSE → Here's what you need to understand about why this is happening: We are winning. In the past year alone, OMG investigations have generated over 1 million YouTube views, triggered a $9 billion Treasury audit, and led to $253 million in federal contracts being suspended. Our hidden camera footage of FBI and DOJ officials has exposed corruption at the highest levels of the United States government. They cannot beat us in the court of public opinion. So they're trying to beat us in an actual court.
This restraining order isn't about domestic violence. It's about silencing an investigative journalist who has caught too many powerful people on camera. Matthew Tyrmand served on the Project Veritas board — the same board that ousted me, sued me, and has spent years trying to destroy everything I've built. Now they're using the legal system as a weapon. My legal team filed an emergency interlocutory appeal today challenging this order. We're fighting back on every front — First Amendment, Second Amendment, due process. All of it. But legal battles like this cost real money. And right now, we need your help. $35 helps cover one hour of my attorneys' time fighting this appeal. $50 funds the constitutional research behind our emergency motion. $100 covers court filing fees and legal review. $250 or more helps us keep fighting this all the way to the top — and fund the next investigation while we do it. They want me disarmed, silenced, and tied up in court while they continue to operate in the dark.
I'm not letting that happen. CHIP IN $35 TO MY LEGAL DEFENSE NOW → You and I both know that if they can do this to me — served live on national television, stripped of my right to bear arms, buried under legal fees — they can do it to any journalist who dares expose them. This isn't just about me. It's about whether truth-telling journalism survives in this country. I've been through the raid on the journalist who had the Ashley Biden diary. I've been through Project Veritas suing me after throwing me out. I've been through the mob in Minneapolis who gave me one hour to leave or be killed. I didn't leave then. I'm not leaving now. But I need you in this fight with me. Please give your most generous gift today — $35, $100, $250, or whatever you can — to the O'Keefe Legal Defense Fund hosted by Liberty Guard. Every dollar goes directly to fighting this unconstitutional order and keeping our cameras rolling.
DEFEND JAMES NOW — DONATE TO THE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND → In Truth, (signature) James O'Keefe Founder and CEO O'Keefe Media Group P.S. A former Project Veritas board member — a man who said on hidden camera he wants me dead — just got a judge to order me to surrender my firearms. I filed an emergency appeal today. The hearing is May 11th. If you've ever believed in what we're doing, I need you now. Donate to my legal defense and help me fight back. DONATE TO JAMES'S LEGAL DEFENSE →