Colonels_Wear_Blue Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Anthony Weiner pleads guilty to sexting with minor; Huma Abedin files for divorce Former Congressman Anthony Weiner, tearfully acknowledging a "sickness" and "destructive impulses," pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of transmitting sexual material to a minor and could face a prison term. His estranged wife, Huma Abedin, the one-time close aide to Hillary Clinton, filed for divorce the same day. The divorce action, labeled "anonymous versus anonymous," was filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, the Associated Press reported. The 52-year-old Democratic politician from New York, who resigned from Congress in 2011 over an earlier sexting scandal, will also have to register as a sex offender. Weiner appeared before a federal judge in a Manhattan and agreed not to appeal any sentence between 21 and 27 months in prison. He was released on bail pending a final sentencing hearing in September. In court, Weiner cried as he apologized to the teenager with whom he exchanged sexually explicit texts. "I accept full responsibility for my conduct," he said. "I have a sickness, but I do not have an excuse. I apologize to everyone I have hurt. I apologize to the teenage girl, whom I mistreated so badly. I am committed to making amends to all those I have harmed." He told the court that this fall he "came to grips for the first time with the depths of my sickness." "I had hit bottom," Weiner said. "I entered intensive treatment, found the courage to take a moral inventory of my defects, and began a program of recovery and mental health treatment that I continue to follow every day." The former congressman told the judge that "these destructive impulses brought great devastation to family and friends, and destroyed my life’s dream of public service. And yet I remained in denial even as the world around me fell apart." Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim, speaking afterward to reporters, said Weiner's conduct "was not only reprehensible, but a federal crime, one for which he is now convicted and will be sentenced." According to the charges, prosecutors said, Weiner used online messaging and video chat apps to communicate with a girl "he knew to be 15 years old." Prosecutors said he "transferred obscene material to the minor victim, including directions to engage in sexual conduct and sexually explicit images." The FBI began investigating Weiner in September after a 15-year-old North Carolina girl told DailyMail.com that she and Weiner exchanged lewd messages for several months. She also accused him of asking her to undress on camera. The charge carries a potential sentence of up to 10 years in prison, but could involve no jail time depending on the determination of a judge. The incident spilled over into the presidential race when investigators seized Weiner's laptop and found a cache of purportedly new emails that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sent to Abedin. The emails had apparently been forwarded to the computer or transferred there for printing or storage. The incident prompted then-FBI director James Comey to state publicly — in the final weeks of the presidential campaign — that the closed investigation into Clinton's alleged mishandling of classified material was being reopened. He later said the emails were duplicates of earlier material already examined by the FBI. Weiner ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York in 2013 in a campaign that collapsed when Weiner, using the alias "Carlos Danger," again was found to be sending explicit photographs. The failed mayoral bid is the subject of the documentary Weiner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickerMann Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Sad in a way, but the guy's a real creep. Hopefully they save a cell for his wife as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science Friction Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Mr Weiner clearly has issues. Unfortunately, our society has an appetite for this kind of perversion( sexting, pornography, etc...). I avoid all of this kinda stuff. I believe it destroys lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science Friction Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Sad in a way, but the guy's a real creep. Hopefully they save a cell for his wife as well. I agree that Mr Weiner needs to face the music but what crimes has Ms. Abedin committed. I'm sorry, I must have missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengal Maniac Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I agree that Mr Weiner needs to face the music but what crimes has Ms. Abedin committed. I'm sorry, I must have missed it. Oh, you know, she's friends with HRC. I know you knew that, I just thought I'd help. Lock the guy up and throw away the key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpapa Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 What a... ...never mind. It's too easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Schue Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 What a... ...never mind. It's too easy. Extremely low-hanging fruit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickerMann Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 I agree that Mr Weiner needs to face the music but what crimes has Ms. Abedin committed. I'm sorry, I must have missed it. Could probably start with the classified e-mails she forwarded to Carlos, er. Anthony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse James Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Could probably start with the classified e-mails she forwarded to Carlos, er. Anthony. That would be actually something thats been proven to be true. Facts dont matter as long as its a certain party thats guilty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science Friction Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Oh, you know, she's friends with HRC. I know you knew that, I just thought I'd help. Lock the guy up and throw away the key Don't know what I was thinking. That's right, friend of the she-Devil. Yep, definitely a 25 to life felony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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