The anti-Trump Lincoln Project, which spent millions of dollars on ads supporting former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, finished out last year strapped with over $863,000 in unpaid invoices, Federal Election Commission filings show.
The documents, released Friday, illustrate the hurdles the Lincoln Project continues to face as it increasingly navigates political no man’s land.
Founded in 2019, the Lincoln Project has also been mired in controversy over allegations of self-dealing and for its handling of sexual harassment allegations against Lincoln Project co-founder John Weaver. It has a history of routing donor funds from its war chest to companies owned by its leaders, including senior adviser Joe Trippi and former GOP strategist Rick Wilson, the Washington Examiner reported.
Now, faced with another presidency from the man it has framed its group around opposing, the Lincoln Project is sending out a flurry of press releases taking aim at Trump’s Cabinet appointees. One, from last week, urged senators to reject Trump’s “trash” picks.
“The Senate needs to do the right thing and kick the dictator groupie and conspiracy theorists to the curb,” the Lincoln Project said.
In its campaign finance report, the Lincoln Project listed the debt to groups for services such as compliance, legal, fundraising, digital advertising, and political strategy consulting. There was one check totaling around $1,200 owed to Elias Law Group, the firm of Democratic attorney Marc Elias.
Another, for $21,000, was owed to the Democratic firm Katz Watson, filings show.
To the Denver-based Manhattan Creative Group, the firm of Hollywood film writer and director Joseph Wartnerchaney, the Lincoln Project owed over $100,000 for media production. A company in Las Vegas called We Laugh Harder was listed as being owed $1,500 for communications services.
Meanwhile, the Lincoln Project also disclosed debts to companies tied to its leaders.
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The filings show debts owed to Third Act Media, which counts Lincoln Project creative adviser Ben Howe as a staff member, Lever Communications, the media agency of Joe Trippi, and Wilson’s Intrepid Media.
The Lincoln Project did not respond to a request for comment.