And it hit another bump in the road Thursday with Weiner admitting that when he stood next to his wife, Huma Abedin, earlier in the week and admitted to one raunchy
new sexting scandal with a 22 - year - old woman, well, he wasn't exactly coming clean.
Not exact matches
Just yesterday, Abedin — vice chairwoman of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign — announced that she is separating from her husband, Anthony Weiner, who resigned from Congress in 2011 and lost a bid to be mayor of
New York City in 2013, both times because of
sexting scandals.
Next up, an image of Hillary Clinton speaking in front of Anthony Weiner, the former
New York congressman who was embroiled in a
sexting scandal.
PolitiFact has not looked into whether the state has also had an inordinate number of sex
scandals, but two high profile cases come to mind: In 2008,
New York Governor Elliot Spitzer resigned after revelations that he had hired a sex worker, and former
New York Congressman Anthony Weiner is in prison for
sexting a minor.
Gov. Cuomo rejected accusations that he's somehow to blame for the corruption
scandal that led to the resignation of former
New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, claiming that any connection between the two would be like relating the Anthony Weiner
sexting scandal to President Obama.
Weiner, who stepped down on June 16 after being caught in a «
sexting»
scandal, represented
New York's 9th district, an area that covers parts of Brooklyn and Queens.
Weiner is running for
New York City mayor just a few years after a
sexting scandal prompted him to resign his congressional seat.
It also followed a seemingly endless drip - drip - drip of
new, tawdry details of Weiner's
sexting scandal.
The poll also found that a majority of
New York City voters — 53 percent — believe Weiner deserves «a second chance» after the
sexting scandal that forced him to resign from the House of Representatives in 2011, though 40 percent do not believe he has «the character to be mayor» and 8 percent are unsure.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Former governor and current city comptroller candidate Eliot Spitzer said Monday that Anthony Weiner should not be running for mayor in the wake of his latest
sexting scandal.
Previous
sexting scandals had put an end to the political career of former Rep. Anthony Weiner, seen leaving his apartment building in
New York in 2013.
Just yesterday, Abedin — vice chairwoman of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign — announced that she is separating from her husband, Anthony Weiner, who resigned from Congress in 2011 and lost a bid to be mayor of
New York City in 2013, both times because of
sexting scandals.