Anthony Weiner Investigated for Alleged Relationship With Minor — Transcript

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1. 0:00New trouble for Anthony Weiner, the
2. 0:01former congressman brought down by a
3. 0:02sexting scandal. New York law
4. 0:04enforcement officials now investigating
5. 0:05allegations that he traded sexually
6. 0:07explicit messages with a 15-year-old
7. 0:09girl. ABC's David Wright here with the
8. 0:11latest. Good morning, David.
9. 0:12Good morning, George. No formal charges
10. 0:14have been brought, but federal
11. 0:15authorities have now subpoenaed Anthony
12. 0:17Weiner's cell phone records because of
13. 0:19his sexting relationship with a high
14. 0:20school sophomore.
15. 0:22The New York Daily News headline says it
16. 0:25all. 15 could get him 20. Allegations
17. 0:29that the disgraced former congressman
18. 0:31knowingly exchanged explicit messages
19. 0:33with a 15-year-old now drawing
20. 0:36widespread condemnation from New York
21. 0:38State's governor.
22. 0:40It's possibly criminal and it is sick.
23. 0:44To New York City's mayor.
24. 0:46Anthony obviously has a real problem
25. 0:47that needs treatment.
26. 0:49Weiner's wife, Hillary Clinton's top
27. 0:51aide Huma Abedin, recently filed for
28. 0:53divorce after another sexting scandal
29. 0:55came to light. According to the Daily
30. 0:58Mail, which broke the latest story,
31. 1:00Weiner was well aware the 15-year-old
32. 1:03was underage. The 52-year-old former
33. 1:05congressman chatting by the name Tdog
34. 1:08allegedly sent her graphic messages
35. 1:10anyway, including bare-chested selfies
36. 1:13and sexual come-ons. The teenager spoke
37. 1:16with the Daily Mail, who disguised her
38. 1:19identity.
39. 1:19He asked what I was wearing, then he
40. 1:21asked me to take my clothes off.
41. 1:24The NYPD special victims unit and the US
42. 1:27Attorney's Office are now investigating.
43. 1:30Weiner has not denied the relationship,
44. 1:32but he did apologize saying, "I have
45. 1:35repeatedly demonstrated terrible
46. 1:36judgment about the people I've
47. 1:38communicated with online and the things
48. 1:40I have sent. I am filled with regret and
49. 1:43heartbroken for those I have hurt."
50. 1:46Weiner also passed along an email that
51. 1:48he says is from the 15-year-old in which
52. 1:51she appears to admit to her advisor that
53. 1:54she made up a false accusation against
54. 1:57him.
55. 1:58Now, the girl and her father both told
56. 1:59the Daily Mail this was a consensual
57. 2:01relationship and they will not be
58. 2:03bringing charges, but it is serious
59. 2:04stuff because we're not talking about
60. 2:06two consenting adults here.
61. 2:08So if the investigation develops the
62. 2:09information, it doesn't matter whether
63. 2:10she presses charges.
64. 2:12David Beck, thanks very much.