Ex-Lincoln Project senior adviser Kurt Bardella says he 'was instructed to post' private DM convo and was too exhausted from fighting Trump to say no

About a month ago, the Lincoln Project posted a private DM conversation between co-founder and former partner Jennifer Horn and reporter Amanda Becker.

They ultimately deleted the thread after George Conway called them out for possibly violating federal law.

The story just kind of went away, which is sort of understandable given the insane amount of scandal-y stuff that’s come out about the Lincoln Project since then. But today, former Lincoln Project senior adviser Kurt Bardella is shedding a little more light on what happened:

An apology that I owe to @NHJennifer & @AmandaBecker: pic.twitter.com/psfQrAmqdk

— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) March 10, 2021

Kurt’s made a lot of mistakes, folks.

So it was you. https://t.co/sB1PZ3ERkL

— I got your #Unity right here (@jtLOL) March 10, 2021

So you posted someone's private DMs on Twitter? https://t.co/kKB9YEhk1l

— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) March 10, 2021

Kurt Bardella was the guy.

Ah, this makes a lot more sense now. https://t.co/giTjcN5YSU

— Lord BT (@back_ttys) March 10, 2021

Life comes at you fast. pic.twitter.com/cspZK7SblD

— Lord BT (@back_ttys) March 10, 2021

This was Bardella just this Friday. https://t.co/f5ooS6g4Ue

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) March 10, 2021

But he’s a new man since then.

What took you so long?

— Ryan (@alwaysonoffense) March 10, 2021

He had a lot of reflecting to do about his own life and his own mistakes. Better late than never, right?

Bardella IRL https://t.co/BU5LwNnRCh pic.twitter.com/o6vCnEMzkI

— Jason Hart (@jasonahart) March 10, 2021

For what it’s worth, Amanda Becker accepts Bardella’s apology:

I'm glad you've tried to right this wrong, but I don't understand how you were *instructed* to do this. I thought you were attached to the project as an advisor, not an employee. I have a lot of respect for what you did afterwards (resigning, apologizing).

— Rhonda Wolfson (@just_rhondaw) March 10, 2021

Hey. You know, now that we think about it, Kurt’s apology isn’t really all that clear about what happened. Who “instructed” Kurt Bardella to post those DMs? And was he really so emotionally and mentally drained from the War Against Trump to have the energy to say no to the alleged instructions?

"It's just this war and that son of a bitch trump…"

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) March 10, 2021

Even after everything the Lincoln Project has dealt with, every scandal that’s come out, Bardella’s still trying to blame Donald Trump for his actions.

I remember similar behavior from you, involving sharing reporter emails sent to you while you were serving as a spokesperson in the House. You did it for your own benefit and at the expense of the reporters. https://t.co/ZF8C1uEuLx

— Susan Ferrechio (@susanferrechio) March 10, 2021

He really is.

.@kurtbardella admits to posting hacked DMs on the @ProjectLincoln account at the direction of @SteveSchmidtSES.

I tagged all three accounts because you’ll notice that all three accounts remain unsuspended.

Twitter’s hacked materials policy: https://t.co/vKH5b2mq3h https://t.co/OtbGLE2wD8 pic.twitter.com/hBKEfvr55j

— Max Nordau (@MaxNordau) March 10, 2021