Lincoln Project co-founder John Weaver allegedly sent sexual messages to more than 20 men

More than 20 men, including one who was 14 at the time, claim Lincoln Project co-founder and Republican operative John Weaver sent them unsolicited, sexual messages online.

Weaver, who previously served as a political strategist for George H.W. Bush, John McCain and John Kasich, came out as gay earlier this month after several men accused him of impropriety.

Now, 21 men have leveled allegations against the 61-year-old Weaver.

In some of the messages, Weaver seemingly offered to trade political favors for sex, according to the New York Times.

“Help you other times. Give advice, counsel, help with bills. You help me … sensually,” he allegedly wrote in one message.

Weaver allegedly began messaging a then-14-year-old boy in 2015, correspondences that continued for several years. In June 2018, he allegedly asked the minor, Trickle Miele, if he was still in high school.

“I want to come to Vegas and take you to dinner and drinks and spoil you!!,” Weaver wrote in March 2020, according to the Times.

Weaver said he was “disheartened and sad that I may have brought discomfort to anyone in what I thought at the time were mutually consensual discussions.”

“In living a deeply closeted life, I allowed my pain to cause pain for others,” he said in a statement. “For that I am truly sorry to these men and everyone and for letting so many people down.”

The remaining members of The Lincoln Project said Sunday that they are “disgusted and outraged that someone in a position of power and trust would use it for these means.”

“John Weaver led a secret life that was built on a foundation of deception at every level,” the anti-Trump group said. “He is a predator, a liar and an abuser.”

Weaver previously said he would not be returning to the Lincoln Project after the medical leave he took over the summer.