Jonathan Turley: The Lincoln Project scandal is shocking and so is the role of lawyers supporting it

The Lincoln Project is facing rising allegations of ignoring sexual harassment claims against co-founder John Weaver, profiteering on donations and more. Now they've retained a law firm to investigate.

The Project selected Paul Hastings LLP, however, which has leading members (including a managing partner) who supported the Project financially. The support of lawyers for the Project is particularly troubling given its campaign to harass other lawyers to get them to drop Donald Trump or the Republican party as clients in election challenges. The list includes an attorney and Washington Post columnist who supported the Project's targeting of other lawyers without revealing that he was also a donor to the Project. Recently disclosed FEC filings highlighted several lawyers at Paul Hastings who contributed thousands of dollars to the group during the 2020 election cycle. One is Gregory Nitzkowski, who is listed as a managing partner at the firm. Also included is Elena Baca, who is listed as one of the firm's "global chairs."  There are also partners Steven Marenberg, Sam Alavi and Joe Profaizer.