{"id":156444,"date":"2021-01-17T05:26:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T02:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lincoln-project-co-founder-john-weaver-exits-after-sexting-young-men-report\/"},"modified":"2021-01-17T05:26:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T02:26:38","slug":"lincoln-project-co-founder-john-weaver-exits-after-sexting-young-men-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lincoln-project-co-founder-john-weaver-exits-after-sexting-young-men-report\/","title":{"rendered":"#Lincoln Project co-founder John Weaver exits after sexting young men: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Lincoln Project co-founder John Weaver exits after sexting young men: report<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/John-Weaver.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Lincoln Project co-founder John Weaver has stepped down from the anti-Trump super-PAC after acknowledging reports that he sent \u201cin<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate,\u201d sexually charges messages to dozens of young men.<\/p>\n<p>Some two dozen men have claimed Weaver dangled job opportunities while propositioning them for sex, including one who claimed he had consensual intercourse with the longtime GOP operative in a hotel, but never got a gig out of it, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/the-lincoln-projects-predator\/\">the American Conservative reported. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Others said Weaver slid into their direct messages on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, referred to them as \u201cmy boy,\u201d complimented their hair or <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forensicnews.net\/lincoln-project-founder-accused-of-harassment-grooming\/\">asked about their genitals<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The married Weaver took a medical leave from the Lincoln Project over the summer, but said in a Friday <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/john-weaver-former-mccain-aide-acknowledges-inappropriate-messages-32de0ee5-bf9d-4574-945c-bc0ef4777b81.html\">statement to Axios<\/a> he would not be returning. Weaver could not be immediately reached by The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor far too long I\u2019ve tried to live a life that wasn\u2019t completely true,\u201d he wrote in the statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was lying to myself, to my family who gave me nothing but unconditional love, and to others, causing a great deal of pain to all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is that I am gay. And I have a wife and two kids whom I love. My inability to reconcile those two truths has led to this agonizing place,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Weaver claimed he viewed the exchanges as \u201cconsensual mutual conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The longtime GOP operative had been a political strategist for George H.W. Bush, John McCain and John Kasich.  <\/p>\n<p>Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson did not immediately comment when reached by The Post.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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