Weiner admits sending lewd photos

Congressmember Anthony Weiner admitted Monday he sent lewd photos of himself and lied about being the victim of a hacker.
“I’m deeply apologetic,” said Weiner. “This was a very dumb thing to do, a very hurtful thing to do.”
Weiner stated that he will not step down.
Following media reports that he had sent a photo of his crotch to one of Twitter followers, an indignant Weiner went on a media blitz claiming he was the victim of a prank. During these interviews he admitted that the photo sent might be of him, but he had not sent it, claiming he’d been hacked.
Monday morning, pictures of a shirtless Weiner that he allegedly had sent a female follower were posted on biggovernment.com
Monday afternoon he admitted that he lied and had in fact sent these pictures.
He said when he realized that he accidentally posted the picture to Twitter — instead of a direct message to a follower –he panicked and said he was hacked.
“It was a dumb thing to do to tell lies about it because it led to more lies,” he said.
Weiner said these inappropriate communications with six women dated back three years, but never resulted in a physical relationship.
The married congressmember became emotional when speaking about his wife of almost a year.
“My wife is a remarkable woman,” Weiner said, fighting back tears. “She is not responsible for any of this.”
Weiner said he and his wife, Huma Abedin, an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have no intention of splitting up.
She’s very unhappy and disappointed, he said. Weiner said that he had discussed these relationships with his wife before their marriage, but she was not aware that he had sent the recently released photos.
Weiner, who is up for re-election next year said right now he is not worried about elections.
“I understand my constituents may hold this against me,” he said, but added he hopes they look at his record of what he did for them in his official duties, also.