The Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office has issued a subpoena for former New York congressman Anthony Weiner’s cell phone and other records, after a media report said he was sending explicit messages to a minor, multiple sources reported Thursday.
New York’s U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose said officials, including the FBI and Manhattan Special Victims Squad, are also “reviewing all material relevant to the matter.”
Weiner claimed Wednesday he is the victim of a hoax following the Daily Mail’s story that he sexted with a minor.
“While I have provided the Daily Mail with information showing that I have likely been the subject of a hoax, I have no one to blame but me for putting myself in this position,” Weiner told NBC-4 late Wednesday. But Weiner did not describe what information he provided to the British newspaper.
According to the report, Weiner, 51, took part in a months-long sexting relationship with a 15-year-old. The unnamed minor received and sent explicit messages and pictures to Weiner. They first made contact in January when she messaged him on Twitter out of curiosity from what she had heard about him in the news.
It’s not the first time the disgraced politician has been caught using his phone inappropriately. Just last month, Weiner’s wife Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton’s top aide, announced she was separating from her husband after he was caught sexting a 40-year-old woman he had met online.
Weiner’s troubles started in 2011 after he sent sexually explicit messages to another woman. He later stepped down from Congress and unsuccessfully ran for New York City mayor. He was later caught sexting three other women.
