Bill Maher declines to ‘prosecute’ Steve Schmidt for Lincoln Project crisis

By Kaelan Deese

Published February 13, 2021 5:07am ET

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Bill Maher declines to ‘prosecute’ Steve Schmidt for Lincoln Project crisis — Liberal commentator and HBO host Bill Maher gave the opportunity on his show Friday to Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt to address his abrupt resignation from the anti-Trump group just hours earlier and the scandal that it still faces, but he declined to press the issue. “I’m not here to prosecute you,” Maher told his […]

Liberal commentator and HBO host Bill Maher gave the opportunity on his show Friday to Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt to address his abrupt resignation from the anti-Trump group just hours earlier and the scandal that it still faces, but he declined to press the issue.

“I’m not here to prosecute you,” Maher told his guest, who was introduced as the principal of SES Strategies and an MSNBC contributor.

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