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[[File:Abedin-weiner-wedding-bill-clinton 409.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Huma Abedin and Anthony Weiner were wed July 10, 2010 in a ceremony officiated by former President [[Bill Clinton]].]]
[[File:Abedin-weiner-wedding-bill-clinton 409.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Huma Abedin and Anthony Weiner were wed July 10, 2010 in a ceremony officiated by former President Bill Clinton.]]
'''Weinergate''' refers to a series of recurring scandals originating with [[Democrat]] Congressman and former [[New York]] mayoral candidate [[Anthony Weiner]]. Weiner is the spouse of longtime intimate [[Hillary Clinton]] advisor and "body woman"<ref>The Clinton organization refers to Abedin as Hillary's "body woman."</ref> [[Huma Abedin]]. The first instance of child sexting occurred shortly after Weiner's marriage to Abedin; the second instance impacted the [[2016 Presidential election]] and Hillary Clinton blamed for her loss to [[Donald Trump]]. Weiner and Abedin were married in 2010 in a ceremony officiated by former President [[Bill Clinton]] amidst rumors of Hillary Clinton's [[homosexual]]ity and her ambitions to be [[President Obama]]'s successor.
The '''Weinergate''' story broke on Friday, May 27, 2011, when [[New York]] [[Democrat]] Representative [[Anthony Weiner]] publicly sent a tweet containing a link to a lewd photograph of himself in gray underwear to a [[Twitter]] friend, a [[Seattle]] resident and college student, 21-year-old Gennette Nicole Cordova.<ref>Publius. [http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/05/28/weinergate-congressman-claims-facebook-hacked-as-lewd-photo-hits-twitter/ Weinergate: Congressman Claims ‘Facebook Hacked’ as Lewd Photo Hits Twitter], BigGovernment.com, May 28th 2011.</ref> Anthony Weiner denied sending the tweet and blamed it on a [[hacker]].<ref>http://twitter.com/#!/RepWeiner/status/74337670263877632</ref><ref>Bryan Preston. [http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/05/30/weinergate-what-we-know/ Weinergate: What we know (Update: Weiner hires a lawyer)], ''Pajamas Media'', May 30th, 2011.</ref> Former President [[Bill Clinton]] officiated at their wedding last July.
==First child sexting scandal==
The Weinergate story originally broke on Friday, May 27, 2011, when [[New York]] [[Democrat]] Representative [[Anthony Weiner]] publicly sent a tweet containing a link to a lewd photograph of himself in gray underwear to a [[Twitter]] friend, a [[Seattle]] resident and college student, 21-year-old Gennette Nicole Cordova.<ref>Publius. [http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/05/28/weinergate-congressman-claims-facebook-hacked-as-lewd-photo-hits-twitter/ Weinergate: Congressman Claims ‘Facebook Hacked’ as Lewd Photo Hits Twitter], BigGovernment.com, May 28th 2011.</ref> Anthony Weiner denied sending the tweet and blamed it on a [[hacker]].<ref>http://twitter.com/#!/RepWeiner/status/74337670263877632</ref><ref>Bryan Preston. [http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/05/30/weinergate-what-we-know/ Weinergate: What we know (Update: Weiner hires a lawyer)], ''Pajamas Media'', May 30th, 2011.</ref> Former President [[Bill Clinton]] officiated at their wedding last July.
On June 6, 2011, Weiner admitted that he sent the lewd photo to the woman over Twitter, after claiming for days that he was hacked.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/06/rep-weiner-to-address-media-following-new-reports-revealing-images/ Rep. Weiner Admits to Sending Lewd Twitter Photo, Acknowledges Other Explicit Conversations], [[Fox News|FoxNews.com]], June 06, 2011.</ref><ref>''A look back at what Rep. Weiner told ABC's Jonathan Karl about the photo scandal.'' [http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/flashback-weiners-web-lies-13776485 Flashback: Weiner's Web of Lies], [[ABC News]], June 06, 2011.</ref>
On June 6, 2011, Weiner admitted that he sent the lewd photo to the woman over Twitter, after claiming for days that he was hacked.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/06/rep-weiner-to-address-media-following-new-reports-revealing-images/ Rep. Weiner Admits to Sending Lewd Twitter Photo, Acknowledges Other Explicit Conversations], [[Fox News|FoxNews.com]], June 06, 2011.</ref><ref>''A look back at what Rep. Weiner told ABC's Jonathan Karl about the photo scandal.'' [http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/flashback-weiners-web-lies-13776485 Flashback: Weiner's Web of Lies], [[ABC News]], June 06, 2011.</ref>