RadioOnFire.com - Anthony D. Weiner, the disgraced former New York congressman who became caught up in a scandal over his exchange of lewd texts with a 15-year-old girl, was sentenced on Monday to 21 months in prison.
Mr. Weiner, 53, had pleaded guilty to one count of transferring obscene material to a minor, and had faced up to 10 years in prison.
Mr. Weiner’s lawyers had asked Judge Denise L. Cote of Federal District Court in Manhattan for probation for their client, citing what they described as Mr. Weiner’s “remarkable progress” over the past year. In his own letter to the judge, Mr. Weiner said he felt “profound” regret for his crime, adding that his “continued acting out over years crushed the aspirations” of his wife, Huma Abedin, “and ruined our marriage.”
Federal prosecutors, in their own memo to the judge, had argued that probation was “simply inadequate” and Mr. Weiner deserved prison. The government recommended a sentence within the range of 21 to 27 months.
Source: NY Times
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