Weiner Sentenced to 21 Months in Sexting Case

A federal judge on Monday sentenced Anthony Weiner, the Democratic former congressman from New York, to 21 months in prison for exchanging sexually explicit messages with a 15-year-old girl. Mr. Weiner, whose repeated sexting scandals ended his political career, burst into tears as U.S. District Judge Denise Cote gave out his punishment in... Watch a clip from the documentary "Weiner," directed by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg.

Anthony Weiner sentenced to 21 months in sexting case

Former Rep. Anthony Weiner was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison for sexting with a 15-year-old girl in a case that rocked Hillary Clinton's campaign for the White House in the closing days of the race and may have cost her the presidency. Weiner, 53, dropped his head into his hand and wept as the sentence was announced by Judge Denise Cote.

Weiner Sentenced To 21 Months In Prison In Sexting Case

Anthony Weiner has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for sexting with a 15-year-old girl in a case that may have cost Hillary Clinton's the presidency. The former Democratic congressman from New York had faced up to 27 months in prison on Monday after his guilty plea to one charge of transferring obscene material to a minor.

Anthony Weiner sentenced to 21 months in prison for sending obscene material to teenage girl

Former US congressman Anthony Weiner was sentenced Monday to 21 months in federal prison for sending obscene material to a teenage girl. NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 25: Former congressman Anthony Weiner arrives at a New York courthouse for his sentencing in a sexting case on September 25, 2017 in New York City.

Weiner scheduled to be sentenced Monday in sexting scandal Read Story Associated Press

Anthony Weiner is scheduled to be sentenced in a sexting scandal that some blame for Hillary Clinton's presidential loss. The former New York congressman faces up to 27 months in prison on Monday after he pleaded guilty to one charge of transferring obscene material to a minor.

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Prosecutors asking for 2-year prison sentence for Anthony Weiner

In their sentencing memorandum prosecutors are seeking 21-27 months imprisonment for Wiener, the former US congressman and estranged husband of Hillary Clinton's former adviser Huma Abedin. Prosecutors back up their request by stating, "Weiner, a grown man, a father, and a former lawmaker, willfully and knowingly asked a 15-year old girl to display her body and engage in sexually explicit conduct for him online."

Anthony Weiner’s wife pleads for lenient sentencing for his sex crime conviction

Huma Abedin at the 2017 CFDA Fashion Awards at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York CIty, June 5, 2017. The wife of Anthony Weiner, a disgraced ex-congressman who sent sexual materials to a 15-year-old girl, pleaded with a federal court to show leniency when sentencing her husband, whom she is divorcing.

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The Latest: Weiner seeks leniency at his sexting sentencing

Former congressman Anthony Weiner and his estranged wife, Huma Abedin, have appeared before a New York City judge to ask for privacy in their divorce case. Lawyers for disgraced former New York congressman Anthony Weiner say a 15-year-old North Carolina girl he sexted had hoped to influence the presidential election.