The scandal-dogged Project claimed Trump may have attempted to buy the election by promising RFK Jr. a cabinet position
The never-Trump Lincoln Project sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday, urging him to investigate the Trump campaign for violating federal laws relating to the 2024 presidential election.
The six-page letter claims that Trump may have breached 18 U.S.C. § 599 and 18 U.S.C. § 600 by offering a cabinet position to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in exchange for his endorsement.
The Lincoln Project claim this would be a clear example of attempting to produce political support through a promise of employment.
“Contemporaneous allegations, unconfirmed but investigable, suggest that at some point Trump offered RFK Jr. a public office in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, up to and including the position of Secretary of HHS, in exchange for RFK Jr.’s endorsement in the 2024 presidential election,” the letter states.
“For example, RFK Jr.’s own family member recently wrote in the Washington Post, ‘my cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., endorsed Donald Trump, reportedly in exchange for a Cabinet-level position overseeing efforts in the health arena.”
The letter states that “by securing RFK Jr’s endorsement, and his pledge to remove his name from the ballot in battleground states, Trump hoped to gain an advantage in the presidential race,” the advantage being thousands of votes in key battleground states.
The letter concludes with a call for Attorney General Garland to announce an investigation now, to ensure the integrity of the election and prevent Trump from squashing any investigation if he wins in November.
“This is a serious matter in which Trump is interfering in and undermining American elections at the highest level. Again. An investigation cannot wait. Should their deal reap its intended consequences, there will be no opportunity to engage in an investigation post-election. Trump will surely quash any suggestion of an investigation, just as he will likely put a stop to the DOJ prosecutions already underway.”
The Lincoln Project was founded in 2019 by Republicans and conservatives who oppose Donald Trump. Its founders included George Conway, husband of Kellyanne Conway, Steve Schmidt, John Weaver and Rick Wilson. Its aim was to prevent Trump’s re-election in 2020. The Project endorsed Joe Biden in 2020 and has now endorsed Kamala Harris.
The Project has faced persistent allegations of serious sexual misconduct, including the grooming of underage boys. Over twenty men accused co-founder John Weaver of online harassment, including a 14-year-old boy. Co-founder Steve Schmidt resigned in February of 2021 in response to the scandal, which the other Project members denied any prior knowledge of, claiming it had left them “absolutely shocked and sickened.”
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