Anthony Weiner Responds To Staffer Affair Report: 'Never Had Inappropriate Relationship With A Staff

[Tx4obama]

Anthony Weiner Responds To Staffer Affair Report: 'Never Had Inappropriate Relationship With A Staffer'

BRONX, N.Y. -- Embattled mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner slammed a report published in The New York Observer on Friday that alleged he had conducted an affair with a former, and much younger, staffer in his office.

"It was a story entirely without sources, entirely about gossip around the office," Weiner said. "It had nothing for me to really respond to except to say that I've never had any inappropriate relationship with a staffer. That's the same thing the staffer said."

Weiner was speaking at an event in Soundview Park in the Bronx to discuss the city's recent stop and frisk ruling and the proposal to outfit NYPD officers with lapel cameras in order to record their actions.

Yet once again, his personal life became the subject of reporters' questions.

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/16/weiner-staffer-affair_n_3768349.html

[NightWatcher]

1. My twitter account was hacked, that wasn't me

Next week it'll be acknowledged.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. I hope Weiner will understand why I find his denials a bit... hard to believe at this point.

"It was a story entirely without sources, entirely about gossip around the office"

"My Twitter account was hacked"

[JI7]

3. i kind of believe him on this, he seems to get off on exposing himself

to others. but not the kind of actually get physically involved with others.

[geek tragedy]

4. I can't say with certitude that it wasn't my dick

inside that intern, but I flatly having sex with them.

[BlueStreak]

9. I mean, she seemed to think it was pretty appropriate at the time, if you get my drift, heh heh

What with all this "inappropriate, scmwinappropriate" talk anyway?

If the mayor does it, it is appropriate.

That's how we roll in the Big Apple.

[anneboleyn]

10. Exactly. The problem is "inappropriate" -- with Weiner's history who knows

exactly what he means? He could have said "I have never had a sexual relationship with an intern" or with "that specific person" or whatever. I just can't trust him anymore after he lied about the first series of texts (or at least misrepresented that his "problem" was being fixed/addressed). So now his emphasis on "inappropriate" seems...problematic.

[hrmjustin]

5. "Yet once again, his personal life became the subject of reporters' questions."

I wonder if this one was made up by the media.

[Tx4obama]

6. Regarding the Observer story the HuffPo article says: The story was thinly sourced...

... with unidentified sources.



p.s. I hope everyone reads the full article on the link up in the OP above

[pintobean]

7. What is an "inappropriate relationship" in Weinerville? nt

[MADem]

8. If he didn't have problems with his "staff," no one would be asking him about his staff. nt