By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--August 29, 2016
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Huma Abedin, the wife of the former Representative Anthony D. Weiner, announced on Monday that the couple were separating in the wake of a report that Mr. Weiner had been involved in another sexting scandal.
Mr. Weiner, who resigned in 2011 after it was revealed he had been sending lewd messages and photos to random women online, apparently deleted his Twitter account on Monday after The New York Post reported that he had exchanged sexual messages with an unidentified woman last year. The initial scandal destroyed his political career and strained his marriage to Ms. Abedin, a top aide to Hillary Clinton. On Monday, Ms. Abedin said in a statement: “After long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, I have made the decision to separate from my husband. 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.”I have absolutely no doubt that, just on a human level, Abedin is sick and tired of her sleazy husband making her look like a complete idiot. These weren't nebulous or unprovable claims. He's been doing the for years, and he generated both textual and photographic evidence to prove it. She's got to be thrilled to be rid of him. However; I'm equally certain that there was some kind of directive from the Clinton campaign that said, get rid of him or you're all done.
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