Shepard Fairey Faces Criminal Investigation In AP/Obama Poster Case

“In October, the L.A. artist admitted that he knowingly submitted false images and deleted others during the case in an attempt to conceal the fact that the AP had correctly identified the photo that Fairey had used as a reference for his ‘Hope’ poster of then-Sen. Barack Obama.” A grand jury is now considering an indictment over Fairey’s misrepresentations.