“Weinergate”
After his first public scandal involving sexting, NY Rep Anthony Weiner resigned his congressional seat. When he ran for Mayor of NYC two years later (2013), his second sexting scandal came to light and he lost his bid for mayor. In 2016 his third publicized sexting incident resulted in his wife’s
Showtime based one episode of “Homeland” on the first Weiner scandal, where the “protagonist, a war hero is invited to run for Congress (and subsequently gets elected) after the political career of “Congressman Dick Johnson” comes to a sudden end after his sexting pictures are publicized”
We think one of the most humorous “parts” of this scandal is Anthony Weiners handle that he uses online: Carlos Danger. Really?
Seems Anthony Weiner just can’t keep his fly shut. In August 2016 his third sexting scandal reared its ugly head and his wife announced she would leave him — finally. Huma Mahmood Abedin is an American political staffer who served as vice chairwoman of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign for President. Prior to that, she served as the deputy chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from 2009 to 2013.