

'The defendant did far more than exchange typed words on a lifeless cellphone screen with a faceless stranger. 'This is not merely a 'sexting' case,' prosecutors wrote.

The government urged the judge to put Weiner's claims of a therapeutic awakening in a context of a man who made similar claims after embarrassing, widely publicized interactions with adult women in the past. Horror revealed: Anthony Weiner sent his victim, 5, obscene images and messages about what he would do to her if she was 18 in messages revealed by Ī Manhattan judge is scheduled to sentence the New York Democrat on Monday for transferring obscene material to a minor. The case led the FBI to reopen its probe into Hillary Clinton’s private email server after investigators found messages between Clinton and Weiner’s wife Huma Abedin on the former congressman’s laptop. The 11-page document comes days before Weiner is sentenced for sexting the girl, who has not been named but has agreed to have her face show. 'The non-custodial sentence that Weiner proposes is simply inadequate his crime deserves time in prison.' District Court for the Southern District of New York. 'Although the defendant's self-destructive path from United States Congressman to felon is indisputably sad, his crime is serious and his demonstrated need for deterrence is real,' said the memo filed by prosecutors with the U.S. The former congressman has shown a 'dangerous level of denial' and 'lack of self-control' that could put other teenagers at risk, prosecutors said Wednesday. Weiner’s sexting relationship with the underage girl was first revealed by last September, and immediately prompted a federal investigation. The confirmation of the depths of his depravity came in a sentencing memorandum entered in court in Manhattan as prosecutors urged a federal judge to jail the pervert politician for 21 to 27 months. Anthony Weiner must be jailed because he was obsessed by teen-themed pornography and convinced a 15-year-old girl to strip naked and touch himself for her on Skype and Snapchat, prosecutors said Wednesday.
