In another clip, Chester said that there is 'fatigue' for stories about the coronavirus pandemic, and that CNN is looking for new stories to 'latch onto'. Like you paint him as a young geriatric,' Chester said.Ĭonservative activist James O'Keefe founded Project Veritas in 2011 'We would always show shots of him jogging and that healthy, you know, and him in aviator shades.

The woman responded: 'Is that what we did? I don't know. Showing him jogging is obviously deflection of his age and they're trying to make it like, 'Oh, I'm healthy,' Chester said. 'He is definitely - the whole thing of him running during the entire - like run for the campaign. 'I want to take care of him and make sure he's okay,' she continues. 'What? No, I said Biden, our president,' she replies. I worry about Biden and his health, I guess.'Ĭhester apparently mishears and responds: 'Your news health?' In another clip, the woman working with Project Veritas, who can't be identified from the video, says: 'I guess I have a confession. That's what - I think that's propaganda,' he continued. 'We were creating a story there that we didn't know anything about. He's unfit to - you know, whatever,' Chester said.

We brought in so many medical people to tell a story that was all speculation - that he was neurologically damaged, and he was losing it. The clips released by Project Veritas show Chester describing an openly partisan editorial culture, aimed at boosting Joe Biden and damaging Donald Trump in the 2020 election.Ĭhester used the term 'propaganda' when describing how the network covered Trump's health compared to Biden's healthĬhester used the term 'propaganda' when describing how the network covered Trump's health compared to Biden's health. A Veritas employee claiming to be a nurse matched with him and met him for several dates.Ĭhester and the woman went on a total of five dates, before their final rendezvous in a coffee shop was interrupted by Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe, the CNN source said.

Though the video clips of Chester only provide snippets of his remarks, they do provide enough context to make it clear that the general thrust of his comments hasn't been concocted through editing.Ī CNN source told Mediaite that Project Veritas found Chester through the dating app Tinder, where he boasted of his work for CNN. But Project Veritas argues that he has unique insights on the editorial culture at CNN, in which he would be immersed daily. It is unlikely that he would have had editorial input at CNN, or participated in the network's daily editorial calls. As a technical director, Chester operates video editing equipment for the cable network, where he has worked since 2018, according to his now-deleted LinkedIn bio.

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