“I don’t think I’ve given any quotes,” says Nathaniel Johnson, Policy Advisor for the U.S. Department of Treasury, initially stated when contacted by James O’Keefe for comment. However, O’Keefe revealed, “You talked extensively about Elon Musk, Doge, and how some things they’re doing in Treasury are, in your colleague’s opinion, unlawful.”
O’Keefe Media Group captured hidden camera footage of Johnson revealing internal concerns about policy enforcement, with Johnson admitting that within the Treasury, “there are people I’ve known who’ve been working for the government for 40 years and they don’t do much. I hate to say it, but I know a few of them.”
Despite repeated attempts to have him elaborate further, Johnson refused to comment, stating, “I’m going to have to decline to be named,” even as O’Keefe pointed out that he had already spoken freely to an OMG Journalist. In response, O’Keefe stated, “I am going to do this story, with or without your permission.”
While Johnson ended the conversation abruptly, refusing to answer further questions, O’Keefe emphasized the importance of accountability: “We’re looking for people to be brave and have the audacity to simply say the thing they say to strangers, the private, quiet part out loud.”
