Conversation so far:
What are ACORN videos?
an attempt to elicit damaging responses from employees of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).
What action did James take with these?
O'Keefe selectively edited and manipulated his recordings of ACORN employees, as well as distorted the chronologies.
Did he get in trouble for this?
CANNOTANSWER.

Question: What else interesting happened during this event?
Self-contained rewrite: Besides manipulated his recordings of ACORN employees, what else interesting happened during the ACORN period?