Project Veritas, the conservative muckraking organization, sent out a fundraising email Monday afternoon admitting that it engaged in an “undercover” operation against the Washington Post. The group’s head, James O’Keefe, claimed that while their cover was blown by a Post story that afternoon, saying “we already got our story” and would publish it soon.

“This morning as I walked to Project Veritas’ office, I was ambushed by reporters and a camera crew from The Washington Post. What were they after? Following months of undercover work within The Washington Post, our investigative journalist embedded within the publication had their cover blown,” O’Keefe said in an email to supporters. He then asked supporters to donate “so our team can launch our latest series exposing another so-called pillar of the Establishment Media.”