Republican strategist Karl Rove said Monday he had been aware of allegations of sexual impropriety against The Lincoln Project co-founder John Weaver for more than 30 years.

On Sunday, The New York Times reported that Weaver had sexually harassed at least 21 men online, sometimes saying he would help them obtain work in politics. One of the individuals Weaver sent suggestive messages to was allegedly 14 years old when Weaver first contacted him.

The prominent anti-Trump Lincoln Project has disavowed its co-founder John Weaver after several men accused him of sending them overtly sexual and unsolicited messages.

At least one man was underage when Mr Weaver allegedly first made contact.

In a statement, the Republican group labelled the 61-year-old "a predator, a liar and an abuser".

Without admitting specifics, Mr Weaver apologised for the pain he caused by "living a deeply closeted life".

Popular anti-Trump organization The Lincoln Project is set to become a political media company after this year’s Presidential election, according to a new Axios story.

The “never-Trump” PAC recently signed a deal with United Talent Agency to build “Lincoln Media”, Axios reports. There are talks of developing more podcasts, books and potentially a TV show, Axios says.

President Donald Trump’s reelection effort faces an onslaught of attack ads from well-funded groups run by disaffected Republicans. And one of the most prominent of these Never-Trump groups isn’t disclosing its sources of funding.

Defending Democracy Together has spent $11.5 million on independent expenditures opposing Trump or backing Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Organized as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit and thus not required to disclose its donors, it’s the top spending “dark money” group of the 2020 election cycle so far.

Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden gained the support Thursday of dozens of current and former Republican and independent politicians opposed to reelecting President Trump.

Former governors of New Jersey, Michigan and Massachusetts are among prominent members of the GOP backing the Democrat through a new group, Republicans and Independents for Biden.

Launched in May by the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump super PAC, the group released a list of 79 current and former government officials and operatives on board with its efforts.

Ms. Conway said she was stepping away from her role as the president’s counselor to spend more time with her four teenage children.

Kellyanne Conway, President Trump’s counselor and one of his longest-serving and most visible aides, said on Sunday night that she planned to leave the White House next week.

Presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway, who served as President Trump's final campaign manager during the 2016 election that carried him to victory, announced Sunday evening that she'll be leaving her White House post at the end of this month.

Her conservative lawyer husband, George Conway, who is a frequent critic of the president, simultaneously announced on social media that he will be stepping back from his position at the Lincoln Project, an entity consisting of anti-Trump Republicans and independents.

Kellyanne Conway, one of President Donald Trump’s most influential and longest serving advisers, announced Sunday that she would be leaving the White House at the end of the month.

Conway, Trump’s campaign manager during the stretch run of the 2016 race, was the first woman to successfully steer a White House bid, then became a senior counselor to the president. She informed Trump of her decision in the Oval Office.

The former GOP operatives behind The Lincoln Project are expanding their list of Republican targets, infuriating allies of President Trump's and national Republicans scrambling to preserve the GOP majority in the Senate.

In addition to a relentless negative ad campaign against Trump, the group has so far spent more than $1.3 million attacking Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), who is among the most vulnerable GOP senators up for reelection. That’s by far the most they’ve spent on any Senate candidate.

“A group of conservatives are turning on their own side in a bid to see Donald Trump defeated in November… While political advertisements usually try to win the hearts and minds of voters, the Lincoln Project says it has a target audience of just one man: Donald Trump. They want Mr Trump to lose the election — and believe the best way to do that is by trolling him online and on TV through political advertising.” (ABC AU)

The left is divided over the antics and efficacy of the Lincoln Project.

The right is critical of the Lincoln Project.