Former Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner, right, received donations to his campaign for City Council of New York City from ex-wife Huma Abedin and her sister, Heba Abedin, according to campaign finance reports. (Getty)
Huma Abedin, the longtime Hillary Clinton aide, told CBS "Sunday Morning" in 2021 that anger over her husband's sex scandals almost killed her.
ANTHONY WEINER SPOTTED DINING WITH ESTRANGED WIFE HUMA ABEDIN
"I can't live in that space anymore. I tried that. It almost killed me," Abedin told Norah O'Donnell.
Abedin said she filed for divorce on the same day Weiner pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison. The former couple, who co-parent their son, were spotted in 2023 attending the Inner Circle charity show at Ziegfeld Theater in Midtown Manhattan.
Anthony Weiner, a former Democratic congressman, leaves federal court in New York Sept. 25, 2017, after being sentenced to 21 months for sexting with a 15-year-old girl. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)
Weiner attempted his first political comeback in 2013 with a mayoral run, but his reputation was damaged by new revelations of explicit photos Weiner had sent under the pseudonym. Weiner was caught in another sexting scandal in 2016, which led to his indictment. In one image Weiner sent, he was lying in bed with his young son.
More claims surfaced that year that Weiner had sexted a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina, and his laptop was seized. Investigators found emails relevant to Clinton's classified documents scandal that dominated the 2016 election.
Weiner later checked himself into rehab for sex addiction. In 2017, his federal indictment ruined another bid for mayor. He was released in 2019 and was ordered to register as a sex offender.
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Abedin and Weiner did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment by the deadline of this article.
Fox News Digital's Michael Dorgan and Charles Creitz contributed to this report.
Deirdre Heavey is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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