The Lincoln Project is rattled—and for good reason.
As The Gateway Pundit reported last month, the group’s leader, who claims to represent former Republicans opposed to President Trump, went on YouTube and called Trump a “corrupt and sick pedophile” during a livestream.
“The thought you should keep in your mind today as you watch the story unfold is this is the first not the last,” Wilson said at the time, referencing an FBI raid on the house of former White House national security advisor John Bolton.
“They will use this as something for the MAGAs to crow over because it distracts them thinking about the fact that Donald Trump is a corrupt and sick pedophile.”
These remarks clearly got the attention of those in Trump’s orbit, because the president is now threatening to sue Wilson for defamation.
Trump’s lawyers wrote Wilson the following cease and desist:
It has come to our attention that on August 22, 2025, you made false and defamatory statements on YouTube about President Trump when you stated: “It distracts them from the fact that Donald Trump is a corrupt and sick pedophile.”
This statement you made about President Trump in your unethical YouTube video is false, malicious, and defamatory as it specifically targets President Trump, intentionally disparages him, and wrongly seeks to undermine his reputation.
Your suggestion that your statement is a “fact” further exacerbates this matter. Such a defamatory statement has no basis in fact, is unwarranted, and has caused irreparable harm. Indeed, as of the time of this writing, your statement has been viewed by more than 69,000 of your followers.
With a big fat lawsuit looming, Wilson’s anxiety is starting to show.
In another livestream last week, the former GOP operative said that he would “torture the sh*t” out of Trump’s presidency and “burn it all down” during any potential lawsuit.
He declared:
We will work this thing through and torture the shit out of your administration by doing it. Believe me. Like I said, I’ve been in this fight for 10 years. I lost everything I had to fight you. I put up with shit from your people every single day. You threatened my family with your folks over the years.
It doesn’t work for me. You cannot intimidate us. It does not work. You’ve threatened this to us before. You never did. This is probably another one of your bullshit, chest-beating, macho, tub-slimming, you know, oh, look, manly man. You’re not, Donald. You’re old, and you’re weak, and your heart is failing.
We’ll drag this thing out longer than you’ll be alive. We will never stop this. We will burn it all down.
Watch the clip below:
This could prove to be a very costly error of judgment.
