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A couple of explosive reports have broken over the last few days that suggest the Never Trumpers at the Lincoln Project knew far more about the alleged predatory behavior of co-founder John Weaver than they have let on in the few public comments they’ve made about the story.
As my colleague Jeff Charles reported earlier, an Associated Press investigation found that Lincoln Project leaders were made aware in June 2020 of at least 10 “specific” claims of Weaver allegedly trying to groom young me for sex in exchange for jobs. The same report also raised questions as to where millions of dollars of the Democrat-funded PAC’s money has gone.
A separate report from the Washington Blade on what the Lincoln Project knew and when they knew it confirmed that another co-founder, Mike Madrid, was made aware some of the allegations in August.
Not surprisingly, all of the negative publicity surrounding the behind the scenes goings-on at the Lincoln Project – including what some are suggesting is a “cover-up” of the complaints against Weaver – are causing one of the group’s more prominent mouthpieces to try ditching the clown car.
George Conway’s response to the reports was to minimize his involvement and proclaim that he knew nothing about the claims against Weaver until “well after the election, and long after I ceased active involvement with the organization”:
For the record: No one ever told me of these complaints being made to the Lincoln project, and the first I ever heard that Weaver may have done anything questionable were rumors I heard well after the election, and long after I ceased active involvement with the organization. https://t.co/H0yhBvau0f
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) February 11, 2021
And I never received anything of value from the Lincoln Project, save for one very nice $169 Rode NT-USB condenser microphone, which Ron Steslow kindly provided to me for podcasting.
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) February 11, 2021
I don’t begrudge those who did receive fair compensation for their work; they were political professionals who formed a tremendous team that did amazing work, from top to bottom, from start to finish. And I’m proud to have helped do whatever I could to defeat Donald Trump.
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) February 11, 2021
But I am disappointed in the handling of Weaver, if this report is accurate, and hope it does not detract from the fine work that so many people did on behalf of the Lincoln Project to help rid the country of the scourge of Donald Trump.
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) February 11, 2021
As I’ve said before, Conway’s denials of what he knew and how well he knew John Weaver ring hollow, and wreak of the pretentious self-servance we’ve come to expect from hardcore Never Trump grifters.
On the other hand, there are those in the group who seem perfectly content to go down with the ship, as Rick Wilson demonstrated in this tweet essentially declaring that the Associated Press is now part of “Trump world”:
Another day, another hit story from Trump world.
I know y’all would like to ignore the mounting evidence of Trump ordering a murderous mob to attack the Capitol, but you can’t
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 11, 2021
Hate to break it to him (not really) but there’s a helluva lot more evidence that the Lincoln Project willfully put allegations of predatory behavior on the backburner than there is Trump “ordering” the rally attendees to attack the Capitol. Just sayin’.
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