Anthony Weiner caught in another sext scandal: report

Anthony Weiner Has Allegedly Been Sexting a 15-Year-Old

Anthony Weiner, the Congressman who resigned from office after pursuing women on Twitter and sending lewd photographs of himself, is in the spotlight again for all the wrong reasons. USA TODAY

Anthony Weiner, theCongressman who resigned from office after pursuing women on Twitter and sending lewd photographs of himself, is in the spotlight again for all the wrong reasons.

While his wife, Huma Abedin, is off campaigning for former secretary of State Hillary Clinton, theNew York Postreported Weiner has been sexting another woman at one point posting a raunchy selfie with his 4-year-old son in the background.

The Postpublished the selfie, which shows Weiner wearing only white boxer briefs. His son is lying next to him in a green blanket. The tabloid also shared screenshots of the pair"s exchanges,which began in late January 2015 after Weiner direct messaged her on Twitter. Their conversations continued through earlier this month.

Here"s how the "cringe-inducing" image of him next to his son came to fruition, according toThe Post.

Weiner was clearly aroused by his conversation with the 40-something divorcee when he abruptly changed the subject.

Someone just climbed into my bed, Weiner wrote.

Really? she responded.

Weiner then hit send on the cringe-inducing image, which shows a bulge in his white, Jockey-brand boxer briefs and his son cuddled up to his left, wrapped in a light-green blanket.

You do realize you can see you[r] Weiner in that pic?? the woman wrote.

Moments after forwarding the photo, Weiner freaked out over the possibility he had accidentally posted it publicly just as he did during the infamous episode that forced him to resign from Congress in 2011.

In case you forgot, the picture that circulated in 2011 was one of the then-Congressman"s boxer briefs . Weiner denied sending the photo and claimed his Twitter account had been hacked before ultimately admitting totexting lewd pictures of himself to multiple women.

Despite claims that he had gone to a therapist, it became clear during the 2014 New York City mayoral race that the sexting scandals were not behind him.

Reports surfaced about other messages Weiner sent women even after his resignation from Congress. He acknowledged the messages but stayed in the race before conceding that September.

This time, Weiner didn"t deny the relationship with the woman. Instead, he admitted they have been friends for some time. Weiner told The Post, she has asked me not to comment except to say that our conversations were private, often included pictures of her nieces and nephews and my son and were always appropriate."

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Anthony Weiner"s Sexting Scandal Meets a Conflicted Media Landscape

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Former Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner is embroiled in yet another scandal over sexually-explicit tweets he sent to an unnamed woman while his wife, top Clinton aide Huma Abedin, was traveling with the Democratic presidential candidate.

The story has already provided plenty of fodder for tabloid newspapers and websites. But is it really relevant to the campaign, or is it just appealing to prurient interests in an attempt to drive online traffic?

The New York Post was the first to report the latest allegations, in a story that ran on Sunday. It quoted from months worth of tweets Weiner sent to a 40-something divorcee that were filled with sexual innuendo and photos of himself in his underwear, including one taken with his young son lying on the bed next to him.

Weiner has been a favorite of the tabloids ever since he was forced to resign from Congress in 2011, after sending a sexually-explicit photo to a woman on Twitter. Two years later, he ran for mayor of New York, and was again forced to quit his campaign, after reports that he had been sending n***d photos and sexually-suggestive messages to other women.

At the time, Abedin stood by her husband, but on Monday she said they were separating. Abedin has been a close Clinton aide for two decades. She worked as Clintons personal assistant during a run for president in 2008 and then as chief-of-staff while she was Secretary of State, and Clinton has said Abedin is like a second daughter.

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Theres no question that Abedin plays a fairly critical role in the Clinton campaign. But does that mean her husbands behavior on Twitter are somehow relevant to coverage of the election?

Donald Trump tried to argue that Weiners sexting might be a potential threat to national security, since he might have overheard classified information from his wife that could be passed on to his sexting partners. But this seems like a stretch at best.

Some argue that reporting on Abedins marital troubles is justified because a number of media outlets recently reported on a past domestic-violence charge against Breitbart News head Steve Bannon, who is now a top advisor to the Trump campaign, and therefore Clinton and her staff are fair game.

Others have tried to make the case that if Abedin is struggling with her husbands infidelity, then it might make the Clinton campaign less effective. But that seems like more of an effort to justify being interested in a lurid sexting case than it does an actual political argument.

Unfortunately for anyone who wants to try and keep lurid or sensationalistic topics out of the campaign, however, Donald Trump has already done more than enough to lower that bar himself, without any help from Anthony Weiner or Hillary Clinton.

Source: http://fortune.com/2016/08/29/anthony-weiner-clinton/

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