Hillary Clinton’s long-serving aide Huma Abedin announced Monday that she is separating from her husband, former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who resigned under pressure after sending suggestive and explicit photographs of himself to women he met online.
“After long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, I have made the decision to separate from my husband,” Abedin wrote. “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.”
The announcement follows a report in the New York Post reported that Weiner had recently sent photos and sexual texts to another woman. The newspaper reported that Weiner sent one picture while his toddler son was in the bed next to him.
EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Weiner sexted a busty brunette while his son was in bed with him https://t.co/f2C7tn1yoy pic.twitter.com/JNmerTREKD
— New York Post (@nypost) August 29, 2016
Weiner told the New York Post that he and the woman “have been friends for some time.”
“She has asked me not to comment except to say that our conversations were private, often included pictures of her nieces and nephews and my son and were always appropriate,” he said.
Weiner deleted his Twitter account on Monday morning.
(c) 2016, The Washington Post · Anne Gearan
