Lincoln Project Co-Founder Steve Schmidt Resigns
By Ivan Pentchoukov February 12, 2021
Steve Schmidt, one of the co-founders of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project, resigned on Feb. 12, citing the fallout from the sexual harassment allegations against another co-founder, John Weaver.
“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 lengthy statement on Twitter.
In the statement, Schmidt described being sexually abused as a boy by a Boy Scouts camp medic. He said the allegation against Weaver, which include text messages sent to a 14-year-old boy, awakened the trauma he has carried since childhood. Schmidt said he now detests Weaver, believes that Weaver is a predator and a liar, and wishes they never crossed paths.
“I detest John Weaver in a way I can’t articulate. My heart breaks that young men felt unseen and unheard in an organization that I started. I am ashamed of it,” Schmidt wrote.
Schmidt apologized to Jennifer Horn, a Lincoln Project co-founder who resigned last week. The project has released the details of Horn’s compensation request when she announced her resignation.
The Lincoln Project is a political action committee run by current and former Republicans. The project endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president and worked to prevent the reelection of President Donald Trump.
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