Hillary Clinton is taking aim at Anthony Weiner in her new memoir, detailing how the disgraced politician’s relationship with a minor female derailed her campaign and left his estranged wife emotionally shattered after a search of his computer led to a new investigation into her emails.
In a section of ‘What Happened’ that was obtained by Radar Online, Clinton reportedly reveals that Huma Abedin sobbed on her shoulder after learning that the FBI would be launching a new probe into the presidential hopeful’s emails less than two weeks before the election.
‘This man is going to be the death of me!’ a ‘stricken’ Abedin said to Clinton before ‘bursting into tears’ in front of her boss.
‘Anthony had already caused so much heartache, and now this,’ writes Clinton.
She goes on to reveal that she never once blamed Abedin for the incident, saying: ‘She had done nothing wrong and was an invaluable member of my team. I stuck by her the same way she has always stuck by me.’
Clinton writes that despite the fact that Abedin was immediately taken off the campaign trail after news of the investigation broke.
Difficult time: Hillary Clinton reportedly reveals in her memoir that Huma Abedin (above in 2013) broke down after emails found on husband Anthony Weiner’s computer led to FBI probe
All good: Clinton also claims she never blamed Abedin for the emails discovered on Weiner’s computer, despite immediately taking her off the campaign trail (Clinton and Abedin above in March of this year)
Former FBI Director James Comey made the decision to reopen the bureau’s investigation into Clinton’s emails after agents discovered emails between the Democratic nominee for president and her top aide Abedin on Weiner’s computer.
The FBI initially launched a probe in Clinton’s email server after learning she had switched to a personal account for work correspondence soon after she was sworn in as Secretary of State back in 2009.
That domain was hosted on her own private email server and set up by her aide Bryan Pagliano, who asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when called testify about the server in front of a House committee one month after the FBI launched their probe in August of 2015.
Comey ultimately announced in July of 2016 that the FBI would not prosecute Clinton, only to launch another probe three months later.
Weiner had his laptop and all other electronics seized as evidence by federal officials after DailyMail.com revealed in September of last year that he had been sexting a 15-year-old high school student from North Carolina for months.
The minor said the online relationship began in January of 2015 while she was a sophomore and lasted for several months.
At one point during a Skype chat Weiner asked her to undress and touch herself according to the girl.
In another message, Weiner told the teen: ‘I would bust that tight p***y so hard and so often that you would leak and limp for a week.’
Weiner did not deny exchanging ‘flirtatious’ messages with the girl.
‘I have repeatedly demonstrated terrible judgement about the people I have communicated with online and the things I have sent,’ he told the DailyMail.com in a statement.
‘I am filled with regret and heartbroken for those I have hurt.
‘While I have provided the Daily Mail with information showing that I have likely been the subject of a hoax, I have no one to blame but me for putting myself in this position. I am sorry.’
Weiner, a Democrat, resigned from Congress in 2011 amid a previous sexting scandal.
He then made an attempt to run for mayor of New York City, but that too was derailed by a sexting scandal.