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Former New York congressman Anthony Weiner, the disgraced politician whose ‘sexting’ scandals shattered his career, admitted Friday in federal court to sending sexual material to a 15-year-old girl.

Weiner, 52, pleaded guilty to transferring obscene material to a minor — a crime that will require him to register as a sex offender and could mean years in prison.

“I have a sickness, but I do not have an excuse,” he told the court. “I apologize to everyone I have hurt. I apologize to the teenage girl, whom I mistreated so badly.”

The day was marked by an emotional courtroom confession and news that Weiner’s estranged wife, Huma Abedin, filed for divorce after a separation that began last year amid the evolving sex scandal. A spokesperson with the Manhattan Supreme Court confirmed that Abedin, a close aide to Hillary Clinton, had filed court papers seeking a divorce.

DrDonkeyLove wrote:Guy was a big time congressman, could have been mayor of NYC, had a punched golden ticket to the Clinton money machine, a family, and pissed it all away due to an inexplicable compulsive perversion.

A Shakespearean tragedy.

Turdacious wrote:And don't forget, he got into power by running the most successful overtly racist campaign in recent American history.

JimZipCode wrote:

Turdacious wrote:And don't forget, he got into power by running the most successful overtly racist campaign in recent American history.

More successful and overtly racist than the Willie Horton campaign?

The Ginger Beard Man wrote:I never let pass an opportunity to remind people that he was Schumer's hand picked successor in the House. Poor chuck was grooming him for such big things!