After failing to prevent Donald Trump from winning the presidency for the second time in 2024, campaign finance records show that the Lincoln Project — a political committee founded by anti-Trump former Republicans — continued to route hundreds of thousands of dollars from its donors into firms owned by its leaders. 

Now, as the Lincoln Project grapples with its reputation for self-dealing, Steve Schmidt, one of the organization’s co-founders, is pushing the so-called Save America Movement — a campaign seeking to raise $100 million to defeat key Republican members of Congress in the midterm elections.