WEINER GETS 21 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR SEXTING

NEW YORK Anthony Weiner’s sexting compulsion cost him his seat in Congress, his shot at becoming New York mayor and his marriage, and may have even denied Hillary Clinton the presidency. On Monday, it cost him his freedom. Weiner, 53, wept as a federal judge sentenced him to 21 months for illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl

As his parents but not his wife looked on in the courtroom, the New York Democrat was given until Nov. 6 to report to prison for misconduct that included getting the North Carolina high school student to strip and touch herself on Skype and Snapchat.

U. S. District Judge Denise Cote cited a need in such a highly publicized case to “make a statement that can protect other minors.” Calling himself “a very sick man,” Weiner apologized to the teen and sought to assure the judge he had finally learned his lesson.

His habit led him to resign his House seat in 2011, doomed his 2013 run for mayor, and rocked Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign during the closing days of the race, when FBI agents investigating his contact with the teen came across emails on his laptop between Clinton and his wife, Huma Abedin, formerly Clinton’s closest aide.