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Kent Heckenlively is an attorney, science teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. During his time at Saint Mary's College, Heckenlively worked for US Senator Pete Wilson, and was the school's Rhodes Scholar candidate. At Golden Gate University Law School, he was a writer and editor of the school's law review, and spent his summers working for the US Attorney's Office in San Francisco. Kent and his wife, Linda, live in Northern California and have two children, Jacqueline and Ben.

Cary Poarch spent a combined thirteen years (Active duty and Reserves) in the US Navy in the Civil Engineer Corps as a construction electrician (SeaBees). Upon discharging from the Navy, he took a satellite uplink technician contractor position at CNN's Washington, D.C., bureau. While working there, he discovered his passion for journalism?true journalism. Upon seeing blatant bias, he approached James O'Keefe with Project Veritas to discuss what could be done to show the world said biases. After being fired for his story release in October 2019, he and his family moved to Florida, where they still reside. Cary is now an investigative journalist for Project Veritas. If you see something you wish to expose, please reach out to Project Veritas at vertiastips@protonmail.com.

James E. O'Keefe III is the author of American Pravda and NYT bestseller Breakthrough. At nineteen, he started a newspaper at Rutgers. Five years later, he conducted an undercover investigation, financed with nothing but a credit card, that led to the congressional defunding of ACORN. Jailed in Louisiana and restricted for three years by federal prosecutors who later resigned for misconduct, he founded Project Veritas by shipping hidden cameras to citizen reporters and whistleblowers. A decade of a new genre of guerilla video journalism ignited a movement with the tagline: "Be Brave, Do Something."

Along the way, O'Keefe has exposed big tech abuses, media malfeasance, and state and federal election violations leading to scores of resignation and arrests. His work has also led to enhanced voter integrity, new state legislation, and courtroom First Amendment triumphs--including a 2021 defamation lawsuit victory against The New York Times. Growing up in northern New Jersey, O'Keefe did property maintenance work every weekend with his father and grandfather, Jim O'Keefe Jr. and Jim O'Keefe Sr., and earned his Eagle Scout award on the side. He lives on the Long Island Sound, where he sails The Lucky Charm III.