Anthony Weiner facing two years in prison: Disgraced husband of Huma Abedin to plead guilty to transferring obscene material to a minor after sending explicit texts to teen
Anthony Weiner will plead guilty to a single charge of transferring obscene material to a minor in federal court on Friday
The former Congressman and the US attorney’s office finalized the plea deal this week, and Weiner surrendered to the FBI early Friday
Prosecutors are recomending a two-year prison sentence, and Weiner will likely have to register as a sex offender
DailyMail.com revealed in September that Weiner had been exchanging sexually explicit photos and texts with a 15-year-old high school student in North Carolina
He was 51 at the time and married to his now-estranged wife Huma Abedin, with whom he has a 5-year-old son Jordon
‘I don’t know if it’s justice … Just because he’s pleading guilty doesn’t mean he’s going to do a bit of time,’ the victim’s father told DailyMail.com on Friday
By Chris Spargo and Alana Goodman
DailyMail.com
19 May 2017
Anthony Weiner is set to appear in a federal courtroom on Friday where he will enter a plea of guilty to a single charge of transferring obscene material to a minor.
That charge was filed after DailyMail.com revealed back in September that the disgraced Congressman had been exchanging sexually-charged messages and explicit photos with a 15-year-old high school student in North Carolina.
The exchanges began in January of last year after the teenager reached out to Weiner on Twitter, and continued through the late spring.
Weiner was 51 and still married to Huma Abedin when he sent the texts and images to the minor female, during a time when his primary responsibility was the care of his son Jordan, now 5, while Abedin was on the campaign trail with Hillary Clinton.
Weiner surrendered to the FBI early Friday after finalizing the details of his plea agreement with the US attorney’s office in Manhattan.
Prosecutors are recommending that Weiner serve a two-year sentence as part of the deal, and he will likely have to register as a sex offender.
The father of the young victim spoke with DailyMail.com after learning that Weiner would be entering a guilty plea, saying: ‘I don’t know if it’s justice. I don’t know what the sentence is gonna be. I would like to see, is [the sentence] fair or not fair? Just because he’s pleading guilty doesn’t mean he’s going to do a bit of time.’
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