A series of scandals have plagued the anti-Trump PAC run by longtime Republican operatives.
Steve Schmidt, one of the high-profile co-founders of The Lincoln Project, announced on Friday that he is resigning from the group’s board. Schmidt’s decision comes amid a series of scandals that have plagued the anti-Trump PAC run by longtime Republican operatives. „Presently, the Lincoln Project board is made up of four middle-aged white men. That composition doesn’t reflect our nation, nor our movement. I am resigning my seat on the Lincoln Project board to make room for the appointment of a female board member as the first step to reform and professionalize the Lincoln Project,“ Schmidt said in a statement posted to Twitter on Friday evening. Schmidt’s announcement comes after the Associated Press reported Thursday that the Lincoln Project’s leadership was informed in June 2020 of „at least 10 specific allegations of harassment against co-founder John Weaver, including two involving Lincoln Project employees.“ New York Magazine also reported Thursday that leaders were aware of allegations against Weaver in June. In late January, the New York Times reported that 21 men accused Weaver of sending „unsolicited and sexually provocative messages online to young men.“ The Lincoln Project said in a statement on Thursday that the group’s board decided to hire an outside firm to conduct a review of Weaver’s tenure with the organization „and to establish both accountability and best practices going forward.
