The Lincoln Project doled out another six-figure payment to a founding member of the SuperPAC who implicated the company in disregarding claims of sexual misbehavior within its ranks. The scandal-plagued PAC paid $100,000 to Jennifer Horn in the very first quarter of 2022, according to project financing records. The Lincoln Project has actually paid Horn an overall of $475,000 in secret legal payments considering that she resigned from the group in the middle of claims that cofounder John Weaver made undesirable sexual advances to more than 20 boys. Horn implicated leaders of the Lincoln Project in overlooking accusations versus Weaver.
The details of the settlement are uncertain, raising questions over whether the Lincoln Project got in the contract with Horn to keep her from slamming the company. The veteran Republican operative in current months has actually been reasonably peaceful about the Lincoln Project’s activities. She slammed the group in October for working with operatives to impersonate white nationalists at a rally for Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R., Va.) however has actually not pointed out the accusations versus Weaver.
The settlement marks an about-face of sorts for both the Lincoln Project and Horn, who traded jabs in a prominent spat following her resignation. Horn revealed disgust at the Lincoln Project’s handling of the Weaver affair. She stated that a Lincoln Project leader “lied” to her and “demeaned” her after she asserted that leaders knew the Weaver claims.
The PAC struck back versus Horn by dripping her personal messages with a press reporter composing a story about the Weaver accusations. The Lincoln Project likewise stated in a public declaration at the time that Horn resigned over an agreement conflict. The Lincoln Project declared Horn requested a $250,000 finalizing bonus offer and $40,000-per-month consulting offer.
The Lincoln Project balked at Horn’s preliminary needs, the group has actually paid her a comparable quantity as part of the legal settlement. Horn got a $250,000 lump sum payment in July and $25,000 in regular monthly installations ever since. Horn got $50,000 in January and $25,000 in both February and March, according to the Lincoln Project’s most current disclosures.
Other Lincoln Project payments revealed in project filings might stir debate. The group has actually paid $120,000 because September to Casablanca Strategy Group, a company owned by previous tv executive Barbara Fedida.
According to The Free Beacon,
“ABC News fired Fedida last year for making racially insensitive remarks and creating a hostile work environment. Fedida allegedly made reference to “pick[ing] cotton” during a salary discussion with Robin Roberts, a black ABC News host. The chairman of Disney, which owns ABC News, said an investigation substantiated that Fedida made “unacceptable racially insensitive comments.”
The organization paid Fedida’s company as its leaders have actually implicated Republicans of bigotry. Most just recently, cofounder Rick Wilson and consultant Tara Setmayer implicated GOP senators of racist attacks versus Supreme Court candidate Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Horn, the Lincoln Project, and Casablanca Strategy Group did not respond to requests for comment.
H/T The Washington Free Beacon
