Weiner plunged from public life after dual sexting scandals.
By Raif Karerat
WASHINGTON, DC: Anthony Weiner, the former congressman and New York City mayoral candidate who torpedoed his political career with dual sexting scandals in 2011 and 2013, has signed on with a prominent public relations firm.
Weiner will serve on the advisory board at the New York-based public relations firm MWW, the company’s D.C. managing director, Paul Tencher, confirmed to Politico on Thursday. Contrary to the New York Post’s initial report, Tencher said, Weiner will not advise clients but will serve on its advisory board.
“Anthony Weiner’s primary role at MWW will be as a part time consultant primarily focused on policy and new business development. He will not be serving clients directly, but rather serving as an advisor to our leadership team,” Tencher wrote in an email to Politico.
MWW is headed by Michael Kempner, a prominent New Jersey Democrat who has been a top fund-raiser for both Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama, reported the New York Post. Weiner’s wife, Huma Abedin, is a toppolitical adviser and longtime confidante of Clinton, who is the leading Democratic presidential candidate for 2016.
Weiner became a national punch line in 2011 when he was forced to resign from Congress after lying about sending a photo to a 21-year-old female college student in Seattle, Wash.
Claiming he had cleaned up his act, Weiner then ran for mayor of New York City in 2013, only to have his campaign implode after he got caught in a second sexting scandal, in which he sent photos of his penis to then-22-year-old Sydney Leathers using the alias “Carlos Danger.”
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Meanwhile, his ‘wife’ plays wide receiver for Hillary.
Meanwhile, his ‘wife’ plays strap-on wide receiver for Hillary.