In a blistering letter made public Thursday night, The Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt continued his score-settling, this time turning his ire to the New York Times and outgoing executive editor Dean Baquet. Calling that coverage “political hit pieces disguised as authentic and earnest reporting,” Schmidt said that an independent inquiry into that matter determined that Lincoln Project leadership “was unaware of the accusations against Mr. Weaver” until the article was published. The NYT’s reporting, however, led directly to a campaign of harassment against other Lincoln Project members who were falsely accused of being pedophiles, the letter said. It’s very long, and you can read that in its entirety here. Earlier, prior to sharing the letter, Schmidt also denounced unnamed people involved in The Lincoln Project for “the fame seeking, entitlement, delusion, dishonesty and grievance.” Read that here.

Source: New York Times May 29, 2022 10:38 UTC