In 2019, Weaver and fellow Republican operatives
George Conway,
Steve Schmidt, and
Rick Wilson wrote an
op-ed published in the
New York Times, calling for
Donald Trump to be defeated in the
2020 presidential election. The four wrote, "The president and his enablers have replaced conservatism with an empty faith led by a bogus prophet."
[13] He serves as an advisor to
The Lincoln Project, a
super PAC organized by current and former
Republican operatives opposed to the re-election of
Donald Trump in 2020."
[13]
In April 2019, Weaver signed a six-month $350,000 contract with a subsidiary of
Rosatom, a Russian state corporation that specializes in nuclear energy, to lobby on “sanctions or other restrictions in the area of atomic (nuclear) energy, trade or cooperation involving in any way the Russian Federation”
[14] and submitted FARA registration form
[15]. However, after a report of the contract was published, Weaver cancelled the contract.
[16]
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