Yet another ugly incident reveals Weiner can never reform.
Huma Abedin, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, is separating from her husband Anthony Weiner.
Abedin, of Pakistani and Indian-origin, made this clear with a statement, after a news report by New York Post last evening disclosed that the sexting disgraced-Weiner, a former Congressman and New York City mayoral candidate who had sought redemption as a stay-at-home dad, never did reform, and continued with his wicked ways, including sending a sexually-laden repulsive photo of him in boxer briefs, lying beside the couple’s 4-year-old son Jordan, to an unidentified woman living on the West Coast.
The new scandal marks the third time Weiner had been caught in the act in the past five years, after he resigned as a congressman in 2011, reported Daily Mail.
“After long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, I have made the decision to separate from my husband,” said Abedin in a statement. “Anthony and I remain devoted to doing what is best for our son, who is the light of our life. During this difficult time, I ask for respect for our privacy.”
Abedin was seen smiling in the Hamptons on Sunday evening just before news of her husband’s latest sexting scandal broke. Photos taken of the political staffer show her in high spirits at around 7pm as she and boss Hillary Clinton headed off to a fundraising event at the beachfront home of Marcia Riklis after a very lucrative weekend during which the campaign raised millions, reported the Daily Mail.
Later that evening, Clinton was photographed as she departed Riklis’ home and got into her waiting van. Moments before a dejected looking Abedin was also photographed as she exited the event. Clinton looked stern and serious as she spoke with Riklis while exiting the home, and immediately got on her phone once inside the van.
Weiner has kept quiet since the scandal broke on Sunday night, and on Monday morning deleted his twitter account.
In other texts allegedly sent to the unnamed woman, a brunette divorcee, and a Donald Trump supporter, Weiner spoke about being ‘horny as f***’ and sent a variety of emojis that were sexual in nature. He also reportedly admitted to masturbating while thinking about the woman in a text, allegedly calling her a ‘fantasy chick.’
The most damning of the snaps though is Weiner lying in bed wearing nothing but his boxer briefs son with Abedin, Jordan, sleeps next to him.
‘Someone just climbed into my bed,’ Weiner allegedly wrote to the woman before sending the photo, which clearly showed the outline of his manhood.
She responded by writing back: ‘You do realize you can see you[r] Weiner in that pic??’
The photo was sent shortly after 3 a.m. on July 31, 2015 from Weiner, who reportedly grew concerned moments later thinking that he may have publicly posted the photo.
‘Ooooooh . . . I was scared. For half a second I thought I posted something. Stop looking at my crotch,’ Weiner reportedly wrote back to the brunette beauty, who is a Trump supporter.
Weiner also talked about the size of his manhood frequently in conversations with the woman, at one point saying: ‘Id [sic] put someone’s eye out with this thing. #Overdue.’
That text came following a workout, which Weiner reportedly said left him ‘raging.’
In 2013, Weiner decided to run for mayor of New York City and also agreed to be filmed for a documentary about his return to politics.
He announced he would run in late May, but just two months later came allegations that he had continued to sext in the years after he resigned from Congress using the name Carlos Danger.
A 22-year-old named Sydney Leathers said she had been sharing messages and explicit photos with Weiner as recently as April of that year, giving interviews to multiple news outlets and even showing up at the event he hosted after losing in the mayoral primary that September.
Weiner has held various jobs since, and in 2015 appeared in the television movie Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!, reported the Daily Mail.
Abedin spoke about the couple’s relationship in an interview on the Call Your Girlfriend podcast earlier this year, saying: ‘You know, I think that a marriage really only works in any situation, whether you’re in politics or not, if one partner is fully supportive of the other.
‘I think it’s a little – it’s often a little more challenging when you’re in politics because your private life, and I think everybody craves their own privacy, and so I think your private life is displayed to the world in a way that you otherwise wouldn’t have to deal with if one spouse is a private person and the other person’s in politics as was the case certainly in my marriage. But I think it works if you fully support each other.’
She then noted that her husband has taken over much of the parenting of their son as she is away from home.
‘I’m on the road a lot on the campaign. As I mentioned earlier I have a four-year-old son and I don’t think I could do this if I didn’t have the support of a spouse who is willing to basically be a stay-at- home dad as much as he possibly can so I’m able to be on the road,’ said Abedin.
‘I miss my son but I don’t worry about him because I know between this little village we’ve created between Anthony and my in-laws and my mom and our families and this wonderful woman who we have helping us I can go out and be the best professional woman that I can be because I have that support.’
The New York Times reported Abedin only learned on Sunday that Weiner had sent a photo of himself and their son to the unidentified woman, according to two people close to the couple who spoke on condition of anonymity to reveal private conversations. After the Post contacted him on Sunday about the coming story, Weiner told Abedin about the photo, as well as other details about his latest online indiscretions, while they were both in the Hamptons with their son.
Abedin’s separation quickly became political fodder for Trump.
“Huma is making a very wise decision,” he said in a statement. “I know Anthony Weiner well, and she will be far better off without him.”
Trump also said the episode was an issue of national security.
“I only worry for the country in that Hillary Clinton was careless and negligent in allowing Weiner to have such close proximity to highly classified information,” he continued. “Who knows what he learned and who he told? It’s just another example of Hillary Clinton’s bad judgment. It is possible that our country and its security have been greatly compromised by this.”
Abedin, 40, has been at Clinton’s side for two decades. She was her intern in the 1990s during the presidency of Bill Clinton and became a top aide while Hillary Clinton served as a senator from New York. Abedin, now vice chairwoman of the campaign served on both of Clinton’s presidential campaigns — a mark of loyalty and trust that Mrs. Clinton prizes — and is often referred to as a surrogate daughter.
Hillary Clinton strongly supported Abedin when Weiner’s sexually charged text messages came to light in 2011, a year into their marriage, and again in 2013, when Weiner was running for mayor of New York. Friends of Clinton said that she spoke to Abedin at length about the marriage and that she supported Abedin’s decision to remain with Weiner and work on their marriage, reported the New York Times.
City officials would not comment on whether the incident would prompt an inquiry into Mr. Weiner’s behavior.
“Confidentiality laws preclude us from commenting on specific cases,” Carol Cáceres, deputy press secretary for the Administration for Children’s Services, said in a statement.
Raw Story reported that Abedin and Weiner were only legally staying together, but were otherwise estranged and separated from each other for more than a year. The latest incident revealing Weiner’s sexting habits was only a trigger to separate the two.
In all probability it also comes as a relief to the Clinton campaign that they can bury this ugly incident behind them now, rather than later closer to the November polls.