The organization's executive director informed employees of the news via an internal message that said O'Keefe would be taking "a few weeks of well-deserved PTO," according to NY Mag's Intelligencer.

Widespread reports of a hostile takeover point to a more insidious long game at play, with the move coming after two bombshell undercover video reports from Project Veritas that showed a Pfizer research scientist discussing the company's gain-of-function work to maximize vaccine profits.