Juno News - A Liberal candidate called the cops on Juno News, falsely claiming to be a victim of assault

00:00:00.000 I was approaching Thomas Keeper, the Liberal candidate for Calgary Confederation, a toss-up

00:00:05.280 riding that Mark Carney and the Liberals could easily win in Calgary if polling stays consistent.

00:00:12.360 I had questions to ask Thomas Keeper about his past, about his relationships with acquaintances

00:00:17.580 and friends, serious allegations about Thomas Keeper that I needed to get his side of the story

00:00:23.840 on i texted him i called him i emailed him and i approached him outside of his campaign office

00:00:30.080 where i had an envelope of the questions to hand him mr keeper thomas hi thomas i just have some

00:00:37.600 questions to ask you we just we just have some questions to ask you hi mr keeper okay great

00:00:44.480 we just have some questions to ask you this happens from time to time politicians don't

00:00:55.440 want to answer tough questions especially when they're prickly especially in the middle of an

00:01:00.140 election campaign i understand that this story is so important so explosive that i am required

00:01:07.940 obligated as a journalist to responsibly communicate this story with the subject

00:01:12.740 Thomas Keeper, and get his side of the story. I was shocked when he called the police on me

00:01:18.800 after that interaction that you just saw. The police approached me and they asked me

00:01:22.760 if anything happened, if I got physical. I said, no, of course not.

00:01:27.000 At any time, was there any physical contact or anything like that?

00:01:29.780 No.

00:01:30.120 Any threats?

00:01:31.200 No, not to me. No. Or to him, obviously.

00:01:34.720 Yeah, just the nature of the interaction is just you asking him some questions.

00:01:38.280 Yeah.

00:01:38.600 They went inside to speak with Thomas Keeper himself, the liberal candidate,

00:01:42.740 and i decided to go across the street keep things calm and wait for the police to come out and i

00:01:48.500 presume they want to chat with me again i was right they did want to chat again to inform

00:01:53.460 me that thomas keeper would be seeking a restraining order against me a journalist

00:01:58.420 because i got physical with him they may seek a restraining order the restraining order gets

00:02:03.380 granted that there may be a clause there with no communication just be careful okay get served a

00:02:08.820 a copy of it before it is. I heard your side of the story. I heard a side of the story. I guess

00:02:13.420 he's claiming you went in and came in kind of hot and made physical contact with him.

00:02:17.580 What? Now you've seen the video yourself. You know that I didn't get physical with Thomas

00:02:24.500 Keeper. I didn't assault him. I didn't punch him. I didn't attack him. But he told the police

00:02:30.820 that I got physical with him. And that was justification for telling those officers

00:02:35.400 that he would be getting a restraining order against me, applying to a judge and lying to

00:02:40.900 that judge about the basis of why he was doing that.

Juno News - March 27, 2025