Following heightened scrutiny of its secretive finances amid a sexual harassment scandal, the anti-Trump Lincoln Project was revealed to have paid $1.5 million to a former Obama spokesman's political firm during the 2020 election season. Bill Burton’s Bryson Gillette firm was hired to perform voter outreach services aimed at Black Pennsylvanians, CNBC revealed Thursday. The project raised about $90 million between November 2019 and Election Day and spent more than half of that on firms owned by its leadership. Just $27 million was spent directly on political advertisements, according to the ad tracking firm Kantar/CMAG. TOP ADVISERS DITCH ANTI-TRUMP LINCOLN PROJECT AS IMPLOSION GAINS STEAM OVER SEX HARASSMENT SCANDALThe Lincoln Project came about when a group of anti-Trump conservatives in November 2019 organized an effort to help Democrats attract conservative and moderate voters in the 2020 elections.

Source: Fox News February 18, 2021 22:04 UTC