The Erie, Pennsylvania post office whistleblower confirmed his original account of late ballots postmarked retroactive to Nov. 3, Election Day, at his post office, in an exclusive interview with Project Veritas founder and CEO James O’Keefe.
“They were grilling the hell out of me,” said Richard Hopkins to O’Keefe. “I feel like I just got played.”
O’Keefe said Hopkins’ experience would have a chilling effect on government accountability and the willingness of whistleblowers to come forward.
“Richard Hopkins is a hero,” O’Keefe said.
“He was a hero serving in combat with the Marines, and he is a hero for coming forward with this very serious allegation of late ballots in Pennsylvania being postmarked for Election Day,” he said.
Hopkins said coming forward was his duty as veteran
Hopkins told O’Keefe he did not recant his account and he stands by it, especially as he thinks about his own service and what it means to him to be a veteran.
James O’Keefe: “There’s a lot of veterans watching this who served overseas. And there’s a lot of people who are calling you a hero. If you could just sort of speak to the issue of–I mean, you’re, you seem like a very normal guy who never asked for any of this–and you’re a veteran and a lot of people are calling you a hero for blowing the whistle on something very serious.”
Postal Whistleblower Richard Hopkins: “I’m just doing my duty and just–I honestly made an oath when I joined the Marine Corps from the get-go and as most military guys say, it’s a blank check. We never give up that check. We’re going to protect our country and our Constitution until the day we die. That’s the point where that check is cashed in. And I’ve given that check and my heart to this country.”
“No one should be treated the way Hopkins was treated by people claiming they wanted to protect him,” O’Keefe said. “He did not recant his story. He affirmed it and stands by it—despite the incredible pressure for him to call himself a liar.”
Hopkins, a Marine combat veteran of tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, told O’Keefe that Russell Strasser, an agent with the U.S. Postal Service based in New York City, kept him in a room for more than three hours for an intense interrogation regarding his account.
Post Office Inspector General Agent Russell Strasser bullied, coerced Hopkins
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