Former New York congressman Anthony Weiner has beensentenced to 21 months in federal prisonfor sexting with a 15 - yr - old girl . Weiner was also doom to three twelvemonth of supervised release and will have to register as a sex offender . In May , Weiner pleaded guiltyto sending obscene cloth to a minor . More details of his relationship with the girl , which reportedly went on for month , emerged last workweek , disclose that Weiner asked the girl to dismantle and touch herself on camera for him .
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“ With full noesis that he was communicating with a real 15 - twelvemonth - old girl , [ Weiner ] ask her to engage in sexually explicit conduct via Skype and Snapchat , where her organic structure was on display , and where she was postulate to sexually do for him , ” Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Kramerwrote in a memosent to Union prosecutors ahead of Weiner ’s sentencing .
This sentencing marks the end of a years - recollective run of Weiner engage in horrifyingly inappropriate behavior , apologizing , and then take over the cycle . It was the investigation into his most recent sexting malicious gossip that lead the FBI to emails between Weiner and Huma Abedin , his before long - to - be x - wife and former aide to Hillary Clinton during the presidential election . This prompted former FBI director James Comey toreopen the investigation into Clinton ’s e-mail , to which Clinton haspartly attributed her lossof the 2016 election .
“ The crime I intrust was my rock bottom , ” Weinerreportedly saidduring his sentencing on Monday . “ But I am truly grateful that it began me on my convalescence . ”
The maximum penalty he facedwas 10 age . He will start out serve his 21 - month - prison condemnation on November 6 .
[ Gothamist ]
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