Anthony Weiner the US Congressman Resigns
Anthony Weiner, the US Congressman at the centre of a political scandal after posting ‘inappropriate’ pictures on twitter, has resigned today.
He said in a statement,
“I am here again today to apologise for the personal mistakes that I have made and the embarrassment that I have caused”.
He went on to say that the distraction that he has created had made continuing in his job “impossible” and therefore he was resigning.
Anthony Weiner was seen as a high flyer in the Democratic party and was being talked about as future Mayor of New York.
Pressure had been growing on the Congressman after he accidentally published a picture of him in his underwear on his public twitter feed.
He said that his account had been hacked but later changed his story and said that he had meant to send it as a private message to a student.
He is married to Huma Abedin who works as an aide to Hillary Clinton.
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