Tornado Alley (PROG)

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Criminal conviction (2010)
O'Keefe, along with accomplices Joseph Basel, Stan Dai, and Robert Flanagan, the son of William Flanagan, acting U.S. Attorney of the Eastern District of Louisiana at the time, were arrested in New Orleans in January 2010 during an attempt to illegally make recordings at the office of United States Senator Mary Landrieu, a Democrat. The four were apprehended, with two of them dressed as telephone repairmen.[7][24]

The four men were initially charged with malicious intent to damage the phone system, a felony.[25] O'Keefe claimed he entered Landrieu's office to investigate complaints that she was ignoring phone calls from constituents during the debate over the Affordable Care Act bill.[26] The charges in the case were reduced from a felony to a single misdemeanor count of entering a federal building under false pretenses.[27][28] O'Keefe and the others pleaded guilty on May 26. O'Keefe was sentenced to three years' probation, 100 hours of community service and a $1,500 fine. The other three men received lesser sentences.[29]