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21 Men Accuse Lincoln Project Co-Founder (John Weaver) of Online Harassment
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/us/politics/john-weaver-lincoln-project-harassment.html
John Weaver, a longtime G.O.P. operative who advised John McCain and John Kasich, made sexual overtures to young men, sometimes offering to help them get work in politics.
John Weaver in 2016, when he worked on John Kasich’s campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.Credit...Charles Krupa/Associated Press
By Maggie Astor and Danny Hakim
Jan. 31, 2021, 9:48 a.m. ET
John Weaver, a longtime Republican strategist and co-founder of the prominent anti-Trump group the Lincoln Project, has for years sent unsolicited and sexually provocative messages online to young men, often while suggesting he could help them get work in politics, according to interviews with 21 men who received them.
His solicitations included sending messages to a 14-year-old, asking questions about his body while he was still in high school and then more pointed ones after he turned 18.
These messages from Mr. Weaver, 61, who helped run John McCain’s presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2008 and John Kasich’s in 2016, did not lead to physical encounters except in one consensual case, and none of the men accused Mr. Weaver of unlawful conduct. Rather, many of them described feeling preyed upon by an influential older man in the field in which they wanted to work, and believing they had to engage with his repeated messaging or lose a professional opportunity.
Mr. Weaver sent overt sexual solicitations to at least 10 of the men and, in the most explicit messages, offered professional and personal assistance in exchange for sex. He told one man he would “spoil you when we see each other,” according to a message reviewed by The New York Times. “Help you other times. Give advice, counsel, help with bills. You help me … sensually.”
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John Weaver, a longtime G.O.P. operative who advised John McCain and John Kasich, made sexual overtures to young men, sometimes offering to help them get work in politics.
John Weaver in 2016, when he worked on John Kasich’s campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.Credit...Charles Krupa/Associated Press
By Maggie Astor and Danny Hakim
Jan. 31, 2021, 9:48 a.m. ET
John Weaver, a longtime Republican strategist and co-founder of the prominent anti-Trump group the Lincoln Project, has for years sent unsolicited and sexually provocative messages online to young men, often while suggesting he could help them get work in politics, according to interviews with 21 men who received them.
His solicitations included sending messages to a 14-year-old, asking questions about his body while he was still in high school and then more pointed ones after he turned 18.
These messages from Mr. Weaver, 61, who helped run John McCain’s presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2008 and John Kasich’s in 2016, did not lead to physical encounters except in one consensual case, and none of the men accused Mr. Weaver of unlawful conduct. Rather, many of them described feeling preyed upon by an influential older man in the field in which they wanted to work, and believing they had to engage with his repeated messaging or lose a professional opportunity.
Mr. Weaver sent overt sexual solicitations to at least 10 of the men and, in the most explicit messages, offered professional and personal assistance in exchange for sex. He told one man he would “spoil you when we see each other,” according to a message reviewed by The New York Times. “Help you other times. Give advice, counsel, help with bills. You help me … sensually.”
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The enemy of my enemy is...
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The NYP had a story about his sexting 2 weeks ago.
I do love how TLP lives rent free in some peoples heads around here, though. It’s endlessly entertaining.
“We’ve got them now!111”
Like Marjorie Taylor Greene's FB comments from 2 yrs ago are "old news"? 
What does MTG’s nuttery have to do with Weaver?
Give clarity a whirl next time. 
This article is clearly labeled January 31, 2021 (that's today, you know).
How old does news have to be for your liking, Skippy?