one person remembers steve schmidt and co-founder rick wilson telling people weaver was de preyed and "twisted, and they wouldn't want to know the truth about him." so in other words, inside the office, lincoln project executives essentially joked about john weaver soliciting sex from teenagers and as if the story couldn't get creepier or more repulsive we also learned that john weaver once operated a children's boutique literally so the question is, why are we learning all of this now? because the election is over. donald trump lost so reporters no longer have political motive to protect john we've. until november the media had every incentive to promote him as a man of principle which they did. here's john weaver on "60 minutes." >> john weaver feels it's the party that's betrayed him. look, leslie, we've gone from caring about character, rule of law, a covid national security policy, free trade, where are those issues? imagine if you traveled the country for 30 years fighting for republican principles, and you learned it was all a lie. >> tucker: oh. so it was john weaver who was b

. >> they admits they were caught in a lie, "new york magazine" reports even steve schmidt and rick wilson reports that john weaver was afraid, this is while i was starting the story and working on the reporting against them. june 17th and months went by before he had his heart attack and dismissed himself and then according to the "new york magazine" he came back and he was still messaging young men while he knew i was working on a story about him. everything the lincoln project claimed donald trump was was what what they were doing, everything they claimed he was was what they were. >> laura: four lincoln project employees recalled his behavior came up repeatedly at the topic of discussion, one person remembered the odious rick wilson telling him he was depraved and twisted and they wouldn't want to know the truth about him, the weaver stuff is being taken care of, schmidt said according to another. apparently what took care of it was to quash the story, i imagine. >> we didn't stop him at all, his behavior continued in continued under the lincoln project and they knew something was wron

critics demanding how is the anti-trump lincoln project led by steve schmidt, george conway and rick wilsonhow is it allowed to operate as it did as accusations grow that lincoln project broke the law on multiple fronts? its founders are fleeing that non-profit. these guys were all over msnbc and cnn making a ton of money, pulling in tax-free dollars going after president trump. how did it break the rules? we'll talk to experts about that. look at this. a growing number of cities backtracking on defunding the police. they don't want to do it. why? crime is skyrocketing. they realize they need cops to protect minorities communities because of increasing crime. thanks for joining us. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ elizabeth: okay. welcome to the show. you're watching the fox business network. look who is back with us, national border patrol council president brandon judd. brandon, we love having you on. two illegal immigrants of sex assault, one convicted of indecency with a child. i.c.e. is so confused about biden's deportation freeze, i.c.e. almost accidenta

it is the lincoln project co-founded by steve schmidt, rick wilson and george conway.rategist ford o'connell with his take. this lincoln project is now falling apart. the story is next. >> that is what the lincoln project was, a front group for establishment money to attack the president and people who supported the president. that energy and that motivation will continue. this is decision . find a stock based on your interests or what's trending. get real-time insights in your customized view of the market. it's smarter trading technology for smarter trading decisions. fidelity. (deborah) i was hesitant to get the hearing aids because of my short hair, but nobody even sees them. (vo) discover the exclusive, new miracle-earmini- a nearly invisible hearing aid from the brand leader in hearing aids. new miracle-earmini. so small and comfortable that no one will see them, but you'll notice the difference. call today to start your 30-day risk-free trial. start the year with better hearing and big savings. call miracle-ear today. i knew about the tremors. but when i started

problem getting bigger and more chaos at the anti-trump lincoln project cofounded by steve smit, rick wilsonnd george conway weak will explain they are announcing they should be shut down after they made millions hammering away at president trump on msnbc and cnn will take it to the border officials dealing with migrants with a dangerous deep freeze in the border states by human smugglers as president biden catch and release begins border officials now warning dangerous criminals are being released into the interior of the united states, thank you for joining us i'm elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ >> welcome to the show you're watching the fox business network let's get you updated on the urgent situation happening with the historic storm putting central u.s. in states like texas into a deep freeze, electricity and power shutdown, power outages, water shutdowns at homes, hospitals, police stations, fire stations and water and waste management wastewater treatment facilities let's bring in house to energy kelly armstrong, congressman your take on what's happening w

let's speak with the cofounder of the lincoln project, rick wilson. there was a deep pleasure i felt watching someone shut down the liars, because the lies have resulted in deaths, but i wonder what you think about the fact that it's only a company threatening massive fines than getting them to bad down. >> it takes a billion three lawsuit to scare these guys into not being lying propagandists, and pumping ute the slurry of conspiracy theories, fake news, and just pure chaos into our system. you know, watching that interview, you know, mike lindell has been rewarded by television coverage for the last six, eight months over this crazy set of theories, and when you're too nuts for newsbacks, -- newsmax, you're too nuts. watching their eyes. i'm sure chris redding offstage was going, off, off. he was steering them into another billion of legal jeopardy. >> i great. first he talked to his producers on the air, which we all have been known to do in our desperate ours, and then he got up and left. but work backwards from that. a capitol police officer was

rick wilson found the only line of work that would happen, and not a moment to sue. ic reports show that wilson based liens for hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid federal taxes. american express took him to court for not paying his credit card bills, over $25,000. for a guy like that, the lincoln project was a god send. we can't overstate that. according to associated press "of the $90 million raised by the lincoln project, more than half -- $50 million went to firms controlled by the lincoln project executive." $50 million. according to the federal elections committee, and the month of december alone -- that was before the georgia senate runoff -- the lincoln project shoveled $1.5 million to steve schmidt, who incidentally bought a big new house. the lincoln project spent $38,000 on a private jet company. they spent $1.7 million with project cofounders room and gave $420,000 to cofound or read dylan's firm. i hope these guys save the money, it's hard to imagine you'll be hearing much from his the lincoln project after today. reports say steve schmidt has just

the public interest, lincoln project leaders have long been fiercely critical of donald trump and rick wilson tweeting in january 2019 they weren't legally enforceable, quote, the people who sign them are buying into the collective delusion of trumpism and the trump vault will eventually break up and open up vast avenues for reporting, this comes fresh on the heels of the scandal surrounding john weaver, another cofounder accused of sexually harassing young men. the ap reports last in the organization's leadership was informed of at least 10 allegations against weaver, two of the claims involving employees. last month when reports first surface the lincoln project issued a statement insisting the organization was, quote, shocked. the lincoln project is also facing fire for publishing private messages on twitter between a journalist and lincoln project manager sharon horn, she left the organization following accusations against weaver. the took the messages down after former project manager george conway tweeted the posting them appear to violate federal law. trump allies claim this is chicken

co founder rick wilson called it a hit story from the trump world.ocial media post by this actress angered fans. she played kara in the star wars series was criticized for pad post including mocking mask wearing during the pandemic and alleging voter fraud during the 2020 election. whatever happened to the tea party? they emerged from high dissatisfaction or high taxes and increased debt and more. kevin looks back on the movement that ended up making a difference. >> ♪ ♪ . >> [cheering]. >> they were patriotic and principled and partisan and powerful. the tea party forged in frustration and fighting mad about sky high taxes and government spending run amuck. it's as if they were channelling both howard jarvis and howard beal. a tax activity and the latter of network motive fame which gave rise to a political movement that counted among's supports who's who of conservative lawmakers. they took on the gop party establishment spear heading opposition to government run healthcare and helped republicans take back the congress in 2010. they later orchestra

. >> kirsten, rick wilson, who is a lincoln project co-founder told anderson earlier tonight that marjoryin mccarthy and she is now the minority leader. it sounds wild but is there some truth to that? >> well, i don't think it's just her. she's the face of this. and really donald trump is the original face, so it's, you know, donald trump is largely responsible for stirring you have up a lot of these conspiracy theories and bringing the republican party to a place. she's come and is sort of a stand-in for donald trump. he, of course, loves her. she unfortunately represents the views of a percentage that is significant enough percentage of the republican party that other members of congress are afraid of her. so she wouldn't be -- they wouldn't be afraid of her if she wasn't representing people who they thought could bring harm to them in terms of voting them out of office, right? so that's what i think is the particularly concerning issue about this just stepping back from republican party politics, but for the country that we have so many people, you know, i mean, i've seen the interview

cofounder, rick wilson's appearances on the podcast are on pause as the scandal continues to grow.d out to the lincoln project today to see if they had an updated comment from the one that they gave us last week. we have not heard back. shocker. here with the latest, the reaction of these development's, fox news contributor, miranda devine. you know, i'm a freedom guy. i don't care if people have different views than me and i always thought it was a joke that they call themselves republicans because they just help support the biggest radical socialist ever running on a major party platform are now implementing those ideas. my issue with that, with this apparently, they have known about for some time. >> they are not going to be able to continue. they are in the middle of their death rattle. he might not be able to hear it with the few remaining people there. there is no way that continues. the money has dried up. and that is appropriate. when you do what they did, when you look the other way for predatory behavior of john weaver and then you basically morphed from an anti-trump gro

i want to point out as well, both john weaver and rick wilson have federal tax on both of their respectedes. their issues aren't limited to sexual harassment and those allegations. to ben's point about media, and his 17 television appearances after axios report, not one question was raised for any of the cofounders or associates on this issue until they "new york times" has covered it, perhaps because there are no longer of use to the democrats. >> let's take a deep dive and look at the top donors. we have the top three i want to pull on. gordon gaddy, descendant of him, he's donated a million. following behind david geffen for a hollywood mogul producer, donated $100,000 followed by susan disney, i think she's the grandniece of walt disney, having $100,000. read those tea leaves for us, tell us what those names tell you? >> that rich people hated donald trump and they were silly with money and they were just like, like a confetti canon of political favor, they were blasting it out there. these people donate to all sorts of political causes. he's a big democrat donor. he wants help me rem

what rick wilson and others with the group have said is we weren't all in one location together so wee what was going on. i don't know what attorneys will make of that if there are any involved. joe concha, thank you very much. congress looking more divided than ever with democrats saying they'll ram through legislation whether republicans like it or not. speaker pelosi is claiming there is a threat from within. whatever happened to all those calls for unity from president biden? and california governor newsom under fire again even from members of his own political party as the recall effort is really gaining momentum. >> they have 1.3 out of 1.5 million required. what happened in 2003 will happen again, a recall in the golden state. sh. refiplus from newday usa. record low mortgage rates have fallen again, while home values just keep climbing. refiplus lets you refinance at record low rates plus get an average of $50,000 for retirement tomorrow and for peace of mind today. refiplus. it's huge news. it's only for veterans. and it's only from newday usa. (vo) businesses are always maki

and also winning the day today would be the credulous -- a demo, remember what rick wilson said?ghs] >> shannon: juan, we have some of these people who are prominent members very involved with the lincoln project going out and doing other interviews and not being asked about john weaver. how is that possible, juan? >> juan: i think the one everyone is talking about, shannon, is george conway, the husband of kellyanne conway. conway says he really cut ties with the group i guess in the middle of last year and he says he didn't hear these rumors about weaver until after the election. so i guess that's the best to say about that. but on the media part of it, i'm not saying when i look at politico, the hill, "the washington post," "the new york times," i see lots of reporting on this. it's hard to miss a sex scandal if you are a democrat or republican. it's hard to miss. the lincoln project raised i think it's $90 million but they spend less than half of that in terms of advertising, so the rest of it was going into the pocket of the people who are leading the organization. i think t

rick wilson called the ap story a hit piece from trump world.nowledged the allegations and apoll jived-apologized. once the allegations surfaced, lincoln founders appeared without being asked about them until this interview with co-founder george conway. >> i didn't know john very well. i only spoke to him a couple times on the phone early on in the lincoln project. howie: even on thursday night, cnn's anderson cooper didn't ask conway about the allegations. in short, msnbc loved the idea of using disinfected republicans to hold donald trump accountable but isn't interested in holding the lincoln project accountable. jennifer horn of said after talking to some of his alleged victims, when i spoke to one of the founders to raise objections and concerns, i was yelled at and lied to. lincoln project posted screen shots of her private twitter messages in an effort to embarrass her. that's not only a violation of privacy but conway said it may violate federal law. steve schmidt has resigned, saying he wants to make room for a female board member. he

rick wilson is author most m memoirbly "everything trump touches dies." rick you have the greatest title of any book in history. what does it say to you about it is completely being spared from any accountable and cheney is at real risk of getting boothed? >> the real leader of the house is marjorie taylor greene. she's effectively the leader. she's forced in her alliance with trump and the crazies and qanon people conspiracy theories and laser theory, that's the dominant strain. it is now what has taken over from the old republican party that believed in however i' imperfectly they believe that hillary clinton eats babies under a pizza restaurant. this woman barely could contain herself to try to behave for 15 minutes tonight and mccarthy essentially didn't even bother to slap her on the wrist. i mean, but i got to say, democrats should be delighted by this and revel in this. this is the new face of the gop. this is who the republican party is now and she's dcrazy as an outhouse rat in a sugarcane field i like to say. she's truly going to be the face of t

things about donald trump and his supporters, by the way, don't forget the incredulous demo that rick wilsonbout on cnn. there was a space for you on those networks despite the fact that it was common knowledge about the problems with john weaver and that, i will just point out what meghan mccain said just a few days ago. i've been hesitant to comment but since my deceased father keeps getting invoked, i will say this, john weaver and steve schmidt were so despised by my dad, he made a point to ban them from his funeral. no mccain since 2008 would have -- if they were on fire. if you knew there were problems, why would you book them? again, anti-trump. this is exactly about how harvey weinstein and his rape and torture of women and destruction of women's lives was covered up by the media for decades, because again, money, power, liberal credit, maybe give you a little financial help if you needed it. it's the same problem and really appalling that it hasn't changed. >> harris: emily? >> emily: and talking about legal liability, to be clear, this group is not a campaign, as they have said the

rick wilson always repeats the joke, there are two kinds of people, people who hate ted cruz and ted cruz. is ted cruz as bad as he is being portrayed in this 12-hour period? >> there are people who said they saw him putting on a human suit recently, as well, but, you know, i did my first campaign with james carville in 1984, learned most of what i know of politics from james. i wish you would throw the question to james, which is, can you imagine a worse scenario for a politician -- first, i'd say natural disasters make and break candidates and office holders. i mean, rick perry got a lot of his stature from ably handling hurricanes and tornadoes. i remember katrina very well from george w. bush. so it's -- it is the most obvious and easy opportunity for a politician to do good stuff, to be on the job, and to not only not be on the job, but to take a hike with your kids to can-cruz is just astonishing. the final point i'll make about ted cruz, what's amazing to me he was one of the foot soldiers that tried to overturn our democracy, that helped lead to an insurrection at the capitol

rick wilson is a former republican strategist and most memorably, author of "most everything trump touches rick you have the greatest title of any book in history. what does it say to you about it the republican party that marjorie taylor greene is completely being spared from any accountability. >> sure. >> and liz cheney is at real risk of getting booted from her post? >> the real leader of the house is marjorie taylor greene. she's effectively the leader. she's forced in her alliance with trump and the crazies and qanon people and nut cases and conspiracy theories and laser lobby, that part of the republican party is now the dominant strain. it is now what has taken over from the old republican party that believed in however imperfectly in individual liberty, fiscal responsibility, the constitution, all those things. and now they believe that hillary clinton eats babies under a pizza restaurant. this woman barely could contain herself to try to behave for 15 minutes tonight and mccarthy essentially didn't even bother to slap her on the wrist. i mean, but i got to say, democrats should b

they've long been critical of president trump's ndas co-founding rick wilson saying they weren't legallyorceable. saying the people signing them are buying into the collective delusion of trumpism that there's esoteric there there. and the wall will eventually break and open up vast avenues for reporting. this comes fresh on the heels surrounding scandal john weaver another co-founder accused of sexually harassing young men. the ap reports last june the organization's leadership was informed of at least ten allegations against weaver. two of them, claims involving employees. but last month when reports first surfaced tlincoln project issued a statement insisting the organization was quote shocked. the lincoln project is also facing fire for publishing private messages on twitter between a journalist and former lincoln co-founder jennifer horn sharing grievances against the group, she left the organization following accusations against weaver. the group took the messages down after former project manager said posting them appeared to violate federal law. trump allies says the crisis is ch

guys were ultimately if you put michael avenatti into a cloning machine out came steve schmidt or rick wilson year award, no question about that exploiting his name kellyanne conway be in the former counsel to the president that's what happened in ebert after the allegations came against john weaver 17 times the lincoln project cofounder was on tv and was not asked about it once which is remarkable considering this is a very serious allegation as far soliciting young boys for and then the money issue as well the good news the donations have stopped doing online donations and they haven't tweeted for several days and steve schmidt has resigned as one of the top people and looks like it's all over for them. >> are the media reporting the scandal in reporting the fact that there were disclosures and statements after people left the organization that they were forced to sign so they did not have to talk about this is there any kind of media, reporting 60 minutes used to pride themselves on investigation specifically like this one or the one that you and others are doing at the lincoln project but

instead of putting on the steve schmidts and rick wilson's of the world and talking about how great thes investigate what was going on. thankfully axios, "new york times," we have a bunch of reports now of people in this business doing just that. so look, it looks like this group is now dead. steve schmidt is gone and the interviews have dried up and tweets have stopped. thankfully if you like good, solid debate and solid discourse, this is not the group for you. i think they only made this country that much more divisive only to line their own pockets >> bill: 0 for 7 trying to help democrats win back the senate. >> donald trump got a larger percentage of the vote that he did in the last time. >> bill: we'll talk later in the week. >> dana: thanks. national guard will be in d.c. for an extended stay. we'll tell you how long. is it all necessary? plus why one woman is demanding an apology from wait for it, tom brady. liberty mutual customizes- wait... am i in one of those liberty mutual commercials where they stand in front of the statue of liberty and talk about how liberty mutual cust

there was a very famous quote by rick wilson, he wrote a book called "everything trump touches dies,"r his political career, he is a loser. and ultimately, he lost the white house. he was impeached twice. he lost the senate. he lost the house. he lost seats in georgia. and to me, the republican party is being consumed and taken over by this false idol. you talk about a false idol, you see that golden statue moved into cpac. i mean, they're bowing down to a false idol. it's the best thing that could ever happen to the democratic party. this is the first time we may pick up seats in the midterm because they don't stand for anything. they have one issue, which is white grievance. they're the party of white nationalism and they care only about prying to preserve this somehow image of what america used to be. by the way, that's their only strategy. the strategy is to keep people of color from voting. that's the only strategy they have. preserve america from white people. stop people of color from voting. and they're going to fail. they're going to keep failing until ultimately they go back

conway who we never listened to in a thousand years if his name wasn't conway or steve smith or rick wilsonu have this information. the money is too good coming into this organization and god knows how it was spent, well, as a result, you have a media that now hopefully you would think doesn't put these guys on the air again to get that last anti-trump soundbite as you said, msnbc has them on regularly. cnn, anderson cooper has had george conway on twice since these stories broke in the axios and the associated press and now in a bunch of other places as well and still will not ask george conway about his co-founder. that's all you need to know it's dereliction of cute. sacred jed let's take a listen what was asked and not asked. >> i think we built the most successful super pac in american political history. >> and all the money went toward where it should? >> out of $87 million that was raised by the lincoln project, about 63 to 66 million of that money went to voter conduct -- contact. >> where did the other money go. >> the law requires that you make disclosures. but you don't have to d