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 …
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