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.@JayCaruso You are the Managing Editor of the Washington Examiner Magazine. Are there any journalistic standards there? Any? You have made a very serious accusation against me. What evidence do you have? What is the name of the person or people who told me about John Weaver?

https://twitter.com/jaycaruso/status/1459158591894704130

The answer is there are no people. Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo are two men who have had multiple credible allegations made against them for Sexually Harassing and assaulting women. Those women have names. They were born, here on Earth. They have Birth Certificates and Photo ID

What are the names of @ProjectLincoln employees who made complaints against John Weaver? You know the names? Right? Actually, there are no people. NO PERSON EVER FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST JOHN WEAVER WHO WORKED FOR the LINCOLN PROJECT. Yet, you, a “journalist” have taken to

Social Media to call me a “pedophile protector” On what basis? Oh, I led the strategy of an organization that helped beat Trump and you hate me for it. All of John Weavers conduct is the responsibility of John Weaver. The NYT reported in a story that he had correspondence with a

14 year old boy that began in 2015 when Weaver was working for @JohnKasich. According to the NYT that correspondence turned sexual in nature AFTER the boy turned 18. All of us learned about this allegation from the NYT. Why do you think it is that no media ever asked John Kasich

About this? Weaver worked for him at the time. Was Weavers secret life John McCain’s fault? What did @LindseyGrahamSC know? They spent years, literally living together. Of course, the answer is no one asked or cared to ask because this was all a giant smear campaign in which

you as a liar, propagandist and shill have played a leading role. The simple truth is this. A single letter was written about John Weaver. It was written by the #2 person from an outside vendor. That vendor was in the middle of contract negotiations and John Weaver was insisting

on substantial reductions to their renumeration. The person who wrote the letter had NO DIRECT KNOWLEDGE of any conduct alleged in the letter. It was an outing that made allegations of misconduct on the basis of innuendos and rumors. There were no specific names, no direct

allegations and all of the ALLEGED conduct took place BEFORE the Lincoln Project existed. The letter was given to two people @reedgalen and @ProjectLincoln General Counsel Matt Sanderson. The @LP Board Members at the time were Ron Steslow and Mike Madrid. Matt Sanderson

handled the Investigation perfectly. His decision that there was no basis for action was completely validated by the Hastings Law Firm in its Independent investigation and findings. That single letter was read to me after its existence was made public in media reports. I have

never seen it or touched it and I believe it should have been released during the media frenzy around the allegations. The NYT would ultimately report that Weaver had sexualized communications with 21 ADULT MEN over the age of 18. NONE OF THOSE MEN EVER MADE A COMPLAINT to

@ProjectLincoln. The person who wrote the letter was one of only four people who was aware of it. ( author, @reedgalen, Matt Sanderson, Ron Steslow) two of the four shared employment at a vendor that was dismissed from service in early ‘21. Shortly after that dismissal and

after reports of Weavers advances were published, the leaking of that letter began by two disgruntled former employees. The letter itself was never printed and the use of it by reporters who cloaked the sources in anonymity despite having full awareness of the business dispute

was egregious click bait journalism that perfectly encapsulates the reason so many people have no faith and trust in Journalistic institutions. I guess that’s the way the ball bounces in the big leagues. Here is reality. You call yourself a journalist, but you aren’t. You are a

liar and a partisan who has abused his power and subscribers to make untrue guilt by association attacks because I helped beat Trump. If being slandered by the likes of you and threatened by the people you intentionally incite is the price of that victory for me, please know how

happy I am to take that deal.