Cam Higby says Minnesota charges journalists while sex offenders walk free
Cam HigbyConservative social media commentator and one of the two men charged, in a post on X
Higby describes himself and O'Keefe as journalists charged and bombarded by the state, and contrasts the charges with his view that sex offenders in Minnesota walk free.
Responding to
James O'Keefe and Cam Higby misrepresented their identities by giving election judges names of registered voters in the precinct without those voters' knowledge or permission.
“In Minnesota it seems sex offenders walk free and journalists get charged and bombarded by the state.”
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Hennepin County charges James O'Keefe and Cam Higby over Minneapolis vouching videos; O'Keefe says they never applied for a ballot
On October 28, 2026, the Hennepin County Attorney's Office charged James O'Keefe and Cam Higby with felony unlawful voting and identity theft. Prosecutors say the two men gave election judges at Minneapolis precincts the names of registered voters, without those voters' knowledge, while filming a video about Minnesota's vouching rules during the August 11 primary. O'Keefe says they never applied for a ballot and describes the work as journalism. Higby says no laws were broken.
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Cam Higby's own post on X, three days after Hennepin County charged him and James O'Keefe.
Reporting
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ABC News report on the charges, carried by WDBO. It quotes Moriarty and Simon, describes the video the two men posted in August, and quotes Higby's statement on X that no laws were broken.
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On the day of the charges, ABC News reported that Higby wrote on X that no laws were broken and that officials wanted him in prison for exposing election vulnerabilities in their state.
After the quotation
ABC News reports that the video at the center of the charges remains pinned on Higby's X account.
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The reference point is O'Keefe and Higby's conduct at Minneapolis polling places during the August 11 primary, where prosecutors say they gave election judges registered voters' names while asking about vouching. Higby rejects the charges by describing the two men as journalists targeted by the state.
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