Anecdotes

Former Rep. Anthony Weiner was sentenced to 21 months in prison for sexting with a 15-year-old girl in a case that rocked Hillary Clinton's campaign for the White House in the closing days of the race and may have cost her the presidency in 2016. He sought to be spared from prison, tearfully telling Judge Denise Cote on the 25th Sept. 2017, that he was "a very sick man for a very long time." Weiner, weeping as he read from a written statement on a page he held in front of him, called his crime his "rock bottom." Weiner wept more as the sentence was announced and sat in his seat for several minutes, continuing to cry. He said nothing as he left the courthouse. He must surrender to prison officials by Nov. 6, 2017.

Favorite songs: "Excitable Boy" by Warren Zevon, "New York, New York" by Ryan Adams, "The Harder They Come" by Jimmy Cliff.

U.S. Representative (D-NY) (January 3, 1999 - June 16, 2011).

His wife, Huma Abedin, was a longtime personal aide of Hillary Clinton.

Born on September 4, 1964 in Brooklyn, New York to Mort, a neighborhood lawyer, and Fran, a mathematics teacher at Midwood High School. One of three children, he has two brothers, Seth (d. 2000) and Jason. Raised Jewish.

Graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1981 and received a B.A. from the State University of New York at Plattsburg, where he played hockey.