Weiner Pleads Guilty in ‘Sexting’ Case Linked to Election
- Admission caps huge fall of ex-Congressman, mayoral hopeful
- Investigation led FBI to reopen review of Clinton’s emails
Former Democratic Representative Anthony Weiner exits federal court in Manhattan on May 19, 2017.
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Anthony Weiner pleaded guilty to sending sexually explicit messages to a 15-year-old girl, capping a staggering downfall for the former Congressman and New York mayoral candidate and resolving a case that played a major role in the final days of the 2016 presidential election.
Weiner admitted to a single criminal count of transmitting obscene material to a minor in a hearing Friday in Manhattan federal court. An FBI investigation into Weiner’s sexually explicit messages turned up emails that had been sent to his wife, Huma Abedin, then a top aide to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.