NEWS ANTHONY WEINER

Former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner is now being accused of trading inappropriate messages including another explicit image with a 22 year old woman shortly after he resigned from Congress over a extramarital sexting scandal in June 2011 He has not denied the allegation At a news conference late Tuesday afternoon at Gay Mens Health Crisis headquarters an HIV advocacy organization in New York City Weiner largely reiterated his earlier statement with his wife Huma Abedin by his side He added that he was surprised that more things havent come out sooner. Some of these things happened before my resignation some of them happened after Weiner said But the fact is that was also the time that my wife and I were working through some things in our marriage Weiner said he will not withdraw from the mayoral race and will continue to campaign with his wife I want to bring my vision to the people of the city of New York I hope they re willing to still continue to give me a second chance and I hope that they realize in many ways what happened today was something that frankly had happened before but it doesnt represent all that much that is new. His wife a longtime aide to Hillary Clinton spoke at her first press conference and said that her husbands resignation marked the beginning of a time in our marriage that was very difficult and it took us a very long time to get through it It look a lot of work and a whole lot of therapy to get to a place where I could forgive Anthony It was not an easy choice in any way but I made the decision that it was worth staying in this marriage Abedin said. She also admitted that her husband made some horrible mistakes both before he resigned from Congress and after Weiner also confirmed that he was still sending sexually explicit messages even after People magazine published a profile on him and his wife A reporter asked him when was the last time he sent an explicit message Um I cant say exactly Weiner replied Sometime last summer I think. The same reporter followed up and asked if the last message was sent after his wife told PeopleIt took a lot of work to get to where are are today but I want people to know we re a normal family The couple both nodded and Weiner said Yes yes A nightlife website TheDirty.com disclosed a series of lewd chat messages on Monday allegedly sent by Weiner who used the handle Carlos Danger to a woman in August 2012 The websites founder Nik Richie has also published an explicit photograph and a timeline of the scandal according to the anonymous woman. The screenshots of the conversations were taken from Facebook and the social network Formspring Richie has said he has been in contact with the young woman According to the Richies source the woman maintained a relationship on the Internet and phone for six months after being pursued by Anthony Weiner through Facebook
Former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner.


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