Report: Girl in Weiner sexting case lied to damage Clinton

[PunkinPi]

Source: The Hill

The teenage girl who had exchanged inappropriate text messages with former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) lied about her age and political motivations to harm Hillary Clinton, according to a report by WhoWhatWhy.

The girl was not under the age of 15, as the initial reports said, but nearly 17 when she first reached out to Weiner, the report said. She and her family were also not Clinton supporters, as the girl claimed in a letter published by BuzzFeed, according to social media posts unearthed by the website.

“Seeing that Weiner is both a repeat offender — his sexting addiction cost him his job in Congress as well as a shot at becoming mayor of New York — and associated with one of the most important people in Clinton’s inner circle, it is conceivable that this was a set-up from the beginning, with the objective of embarrassing the Clinton campaign,” the report reads.

The report also added that Chuck Johnson, a conservative writer, was one of the individuals who connected the girl to The Daily Mail.

“It’s not yet clear whether the motive was primarily money, a plot to smear Clinton, or both,” the report notes.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/news/334511-report-girl-in-weiner-sexting-case-lied-to-damage-clinton?rnd=1495456865

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If true, this doesn't absolve Weiner for what he did, just shows how dirty the other side played to destroy HRC.

[Achilleaze]

1. russian republicans having a pisser of a time laffing about this

[geek tragedy]

2. "Almost 17"

Meh. He was the legally culpable adult.

[Bradical79]

9. Yes, though not really the point here -nt

[geek tragedy]

16. legally she's a minor, nt

[Bradical79]

17. Yes, we know

The story is about a set up. Weiner's guilt isn't the point of the article. Nationally, 16/nearly 17 plays differently then 15. The point of the article is whether it was a partisan set up.

[geek tragedy]

18. it really, really doesn't matter what the motives of legal minor are when it comes

to the behavior of the adult

[Bradical79]

19. Right

But Weiner's behavior is not the issue. He's already guilty.

[geek tragedy]

20. a 16 year old girl wanting to take a politician down

isn't much of a story.

[StevieM]

21. Wouldn't you want to know if she had contact with, say, Jason Chaffetz? Or Paul Ryan? (eom)

[geek tragedy]

23. when people produce evidence that such a thing might have happened

rather than adding multiple layers of speculation (note this story is pretty much pure speculation) then yes that's worth pursuing.

[ucrdem]

28. The May 22 Russ Baker article is very thorough and apparently not the first:

https://whowhatwhy.org/2017/05/22/exclusive-weiners-underage-sexting-girl-lied-damage-clinton/

Russ Baker wrote "Family of Secrets." You've probably heard of him.

[geek tragedy]

29. whowhatwhy is pretty much infowars left.

Russ Baker thinks Obama hoaxed the death of bin Laden.

[ucrdem]

30. LOL, not hardly. Daniel Ellsberg, Robert McChesney, and David Talbot are on the editorial board

among others. Scroll down:

https://whowhatwhy.org/the-project/

[geek tragedy]

33. Family of Secrets was insane trash. Baker is a nutter

whowhatwhy.org/2016/05/02/reasons-doubt-official-osama-raid-story-five-years-later/

Baker claims that Nixon was the victim of a conspiracy in Watergate.

That's ninja-level craziness.

[ucrdem]

34. I don't suppose you've read these, or the article in question?

It couldn't hurt.

[geek tragedy]

35. don't read infowars either. Nixon was a crook, not a victim, in Watergate. nt

[ucrdem]

36. Sometimes events are complex.

But suit yourself.

[LovingA2andMI]

31. Agreed!!

Weiner should have KNOWN FULL WELL better. Would NOT have been a set-up otherwise. Now, off to jail for Weiner.

[cstanleytech]

39. It is if she was working with an adult to do it beforehand though.

Hopefully there will be an investigation to determine if someone else was involved.

[ucrdem]

3. That's been my strong suspicion since it became part of the email saga.

SOP.

[IronLionZion]

4. And Weiner is too stupid to realize it and too weak to control himself

Huma should have tossed him out years ago.

[karynnj]

5. Not surprising

Clinton's loyalty to Huma Abedin put the campaign at risk. Weiner had already proved that he could easily become a problem for the campaign. No matter how close the personal bond, Abedin should herself have seen the risk and left the State Department and not been part of the Clinton campaign if she could not completely separate from Weiner. No one is irreplaceable.

[moda253]

15. This is sarcasm right? eom

[Hortensis]

37. You are BLAMING Hillary/Abedin for RIGHT WING LIES?

You know, Karynnj, if you were the Hill campaign, it would be really hard to guess where right-wing attacks would be aimed. The right wing can and does twist kittens at play and apple pie into weapons as needed. Plus, for certain, if Abedin had sacrificed her career the attack would have just twisted something else.

Did you know, for instance, that just one of the anti-Clinton groups boasted of having five phony "gates" all lined up to roll when she won? Not real, created.

Imo, your post suggests that you might want to expand your reading to look at the big picture. It's not like this attack was new, not in timing, method, or purpose. Hillary and Obama were the most recent main targets; but with them (apparently) not in the front rank in future, others will be targeted instead. For most big money backers, it was never about those two, but about YOU--you as a representative of a nation of sponges trying to tax them to take care of you when you will not.

(THEIR warped viewpoint, of course, definitely not mine. I also pay in and expect an appropriate payout for my investment.)

[karynnj]

38. I am saying what I said when Weiner got caught the SECOND time while running for Mayor

Are you seriously saying that you never worried that Weiner's inexplicable actions could have negative consequences for his wife and for Hillary? What I wrote back then was that Huma should completely remove herself from the campaign or left Weiner. Note Hillary could then have put her in her administration after being elected, so that would not be sacrificing her career.

My reading and knowledge of the history of right wing attacks is likely easily as strong as yours. There were many absolutely made up lies - filming a filthy harbor in Texas and putting it in an ad that used the Standell's song "Dirty water" (Boston you're my home&quot , the SBVT spewing lies - all contrary to the Navy record, the birther stuff ... or in Clinton's case the terrible allegations about the depressed Vince Foster or the mythology that sprang out of Benghazi.

Note that in every one of these examples, the candidate had done absolutely nothing. Dukakis had actually worked to clean Boston Harbor. Kerry actually had a sterling military record with prestigious medals and nothing negative. Obama was born at a hospital in Honolulu and his birth announced by the hospital in the newspaper. The attacks were simply made up. The same with the two Clinton examples.

With Huma, I credited her loyalty, but the price was hefty. It would have been prudent for Huma to have left her positions with Clinton. Once everything with her husband was over and Clinton was President, nothing would stop her from appointing her again.

And... no matter the motivation, no matter how logical that she be secretive ... the email story, though overblown was her fault in that it did not need to happen - and likely would not have happened if she had archived the email and left it with the State Department rather than returning it about two years later after the SD "negotiated with her". Not to mention, the agreement that Clinton signed with Obama to keep the Foundation completely far away from the SD would have PROTECTED her had she followed it to the letter. It also would have protected the name of the Clinton Foundation, which does excellent work. Note NEITHER of these rose to being criminal, BUT, they were politically damaging.

I KNOW it is hard to hear any criticism of Clinton or her campaign. I think that her campaign was not as good as she deserved and it might have been that no one felt comfortable telling her what they thought.

[Hortensis]

45. You're missing that Weiner was a SET-UP for a purpose.

This actually has absolutely nothing to do with him. If Abedin divorced Weiner, something else would have been used. Comey would have acted to subvert the election using another excuse, very likely provided to him by the very same people who set up Weiner for this purpose.

[Tatiana]

44. You are absolutely correct.

And if Abedin didn't resign, Clinton should have been smart and asked for her resignation during the campaign.

[AllaN01Bear]

6. i bet he was one who was screaming "family values"

what family values? only for them and yet another smoke screen to hide and deflect us from their issues.

[american_ideals]

7. Warning. Wait for confirmation

Source quoted by the Hill has ties to Russia.

Let's wait for confirmation .

[ucrdem]

8. LOL.

Did Ms. Lewinsky have ties to Russia?

[karynnj]

10. No, she had ties to an important Democrat, who was her stepfather which is how she became an intern

Both Weiner and Bill Clinton should have known better -- and, in both cases, the country paid a steep price for their lack of self control.

[Bradical79]

11. Explain

I'm not finding those ties in a cursory search. Show the connection, please.

[Bradical79]

12. Possible felony if true?

If anyone put her up to it, or aided in her actions while this happened, I'm pretty sure that would be a felony since she's only 16.

[Initech]

13. There was a concentrated effort to take down Clinton.

Hillary should be the president right now, not the orange gas bag. What do they know that they're not telling us?

[tammywammy]

14. "Nearly 17" - so she was 16 and he pled guilty.

Even if she did try and set him up for whatever reason he still sent skeet disgusting texts to her! He pled guilty.

[Mz Pip]

22. Maybe that's true

BUt Weiner took the bait. It's on him.

[Bradical79]

24. The question is if anyone else was involved

If her parents put her up to it, or someone else. If it was all her own initiative without telling any adults befire it was over, the yes, it's open and shut. Otherwise more comitted crimes here beyond Weiner.

[vkkv]

25. Weiner was an easy target - his own doing. Birds of the feather...

[OnDoutside]

26. I'm amazed a 16 year old is THAT politically aware.

[FakeNoose]

41. She was coached by somebody on what to do

You're right in that most 16 year-old girls are rather clueless, so somebody coached her.
It might have been a parent, but more likely somebody who's not related.

It proves what a dumb-ass Weiner is.

Just saying'

[yodermon]

27. Age of consent in NC is 16. Insane that he wld plead guilty if she was of age.

Something is wrong here. Legal document filed says she was under 16. Article is wrong or someone has purjured themselves.

[tammywammy]

32. Age of consent doesn't matter

He solicited photos of a minor and sent lewd photos of himself. Consent is in regards to sexual contact. Regardless he thought she was 15. Her being 16 doesn't matter. Just like it doesn't matter hat at a 30 year old pretending to be a 16 year old in chat messages a la Chris Hanson's to catch a predator.

[alphafemale]

40. If he hadn't been a dick pic texting pervert there wound not have been something to exploit.

Would there?

You know....

Like those perverts that were talking with 20+ cops online and walked in expecting to find a teen.

And instead find Chris Hanson.

Your evening insn't going to go as planned and neither is the rest of your life.

I can't believe people are attacking a minor here rather than a serial pervert.

I hope Anthony Weiner has NO contact with his son whether he goes to prison or not as long as that child is underage.

If the child chooses to make contact as an adult that will be his choice.

[orangecrush]

42. ...

[Madam45for2923]

43. Writer Alana Goodman & Cassandra Rules/ Fairbanks partied at Trumps inauguration

This whole thing needs more investigating.

The writer of the Daily Mail article is Alana Goodman.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3790824/Anthony-Weiner-carried-months-long-online-sexual-relationship-troubled-15-year-old-girl-telling-hard-asking-dress-school-girl-outfits-pressing-engage-rape-fantasies.html

Here together:

Cassandra Fairbanks on Twitter: "#WomenWhoVoteTrump are badass. MAGA! " with Alana Goodman http://archive.is/QaOZL