Conservative activist group Project Veritas has been ordered by a federal jury to pay consultation group Democracy Partners $120,000.

The judgment comes after Democracy Partners accused Project Veritas and its founder James O'Keefe of using deceptive tactics, fraudulently misrepresenting his organization, and violating wiretapping laws. Democracy Partners accused Project Veritas of launching a sting operation that was aimed at misrepresenting Democracy Partners and its initiatives.

As a result of the deceptive practices by Project Veritas, the lawsuit details that Democracy Partners lost out on over half a million dollars worth of contracts because of the false narrative that was painted about the organization to the public.

The lawsuit stems from a 2016 incident in which Project Veritas intentionally tried to infiltrate Democracy Partners. At the time, Democracy Partners was working for the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.

During testimony, Democracy Partners details the elusive practices Project Veritas used in order to create and spin a false narrative. Robert Creamer, the co-founder of Democracy Partners, explains that an operative working for Project Veritas posed under the name of Charles Roth. During a private discussion, Roth told Creamer that he was planning on making a $20,000 donation to another liberal group. At the time, the liberal group was also a client of Creamer's. Roth also told Creamer that he had a niece who was interested in continuing her involvement with Democratic organizations. Unbeknownst to Creamer, Roth’s alleged niece, whose real name was Allison Maass, was also an undercover operative working for Project Veritas.

Shortly after Roth wired the money from an offshore account to the liberal group, Creamer spoke with Maass about an unpaid internship with Democracy Partners. Soon after, Creamer offered Maass the internship. Creamer later details that this was a critical step for Project Veritas as it allowed them to advance in their surreptitious collection of information.

Upon receiving the internship, Maass began to collect documents and secretly record conversations that took place within the circles of Democracy Partners. After passing this information to her supervisors at Project Veritas, the collected information was compiled, edited, and condensed into videos that were then distributed to the public.

The videos that were released to the public appear to paint a narrative that Creamer and another individual, Scott Foval, were planning ways to infiltrate Donald Trump rallies in order to provoke violence. Creamer's lawsuit explains that Project Veritas heavily edited the video in order to mislead the public about Democracy Partners and their initiatives.

Creamer's lawsuit also details how the man who played Roth tried to create further chaos by suggesting an “illegal voter registration scheme.”

Following the jury’s verdict, Creamer shared, “Hopefully, the decision today will help to discourage Mr. O’Keefe and others from conducting these kinds of political spy operations and publishing selectively edited, misleading videos in the future.”

Project Veritas continues to push back against the claims and has announced that it would appeal the decision. "Project Veritas will continue to fight for every journalist's right to news gather, investigate, and expose wrongdoing - regardless of how powerful the investigated party may be," O'Keefe said in a statement.