Anthony Weiner

Report: Weiner Paid Private Investigators To Look Into Twitter Crotch Shot 'Hack'

Ryan J. Reilly | February 1, 2012, 12:30PM

A $13,290 payment to a private investigation firm for "legal services" appears on the Federal Election Commission report filed by former Rep. Anthony Weiner's campaign, a payment sources tell the New York Daily News was for an investigation into who "hacked" Weiner's Twitter account to post a photo of his underwear-clad lower torso.

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Anthony Weiner

Pelosi Officially Asks For Weiner Ethics Investigation

Susan Crabtree | June 7, 2011, 3:27PM

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA) officially requested an ethics investigation of Rep. Anthony Weiner's (D-NY) extramarital sexual online relationships with six woman after he admitted sending lewd photos of himself in a chaotic news conference Monday.

In a terse letter sent Tuesday, Pelosi called for an Ethics Committee investigation "to determine whether any official resources were used or any other violation of House rules occurred." She first said she would call for an ethics probe Monday almost immediately after Weiner admitted to concocting an elaborate hacking tale to keep the online sexual encounters under wraps.

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Anthony Weiner

Weiner Faces Mounting Legal And Ethics Questions Over Sexting Scandal

Susan Crabtree | June 7, 2011, 12:13PM

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY)

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) may be in far more ethical and legal trouble than initially thought.

New information about Weiner's use of Congressional resources to conduct extramarital online relationships -- and possibly to help manage the chaotic public relations fallout since their discovery over Memorial Day weekend -- is raising red flags for ethics watchdogs.

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Anthony Weiner

Leaked Emails Show Tip To Breitbart About Weiner Tweet

Benjy Sarlin | June 2, 2011, 3:37PM

The ongoing scandal surrounding a lewd tweet sent from Rep. Anthony Weiner's (D-NY) Twitter account took yet another turn for the weird Thursday as alleged e-mails between the person who first noticed the photo and conservative media guru Andrew Breitbart were leaked.

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Anthony Weiner

Anthony Weiner to Maddow: Lewd Twitter Photo 'Could Be' A Private Picture (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | June 2, 2011, 12:05AM

Anthony Weiner

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) said Wednesday night that a lewd photo that was published on his Twitter account "could have" been of him but said it "doesn't look familiar."

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Anthony Weiner

Weiner: 'I Can't Say With Certitude' Lewd Photo Wasn't Me (VIDEO)

Eric Lach | June 1, 2011, 2:10PM

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY)

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) told MSNBC's Luke Russert today that he couldn't say "with certitude" that the lewd photograph sent out last weekend on his Twitter account wasn't a picture of him.

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Anthony Weiner

Combative Weiner Shirks Questions About Lewd Photo 'Hack' (VIDEO)

Eric Lach | May 31, 2011, 7:00PM

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY)

In his second recorded exchange with reporters on Tuesday, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) pointedly refused to answer questions from reporters about the lewd photograph that appeared on his Twitter account this weekend. Instead, the Congressman insisted that the incident was a "prank" and a "distraction," and said he'd made a decision to move on.

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Anthony Weiner

Weiner On Twitter 'Hack': 'I'm Not Going To Talk About This Anymore'

Eric Lach | May 31, 2011, 4:24PM

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY)

Four days after a lewd photograph appeared on his Twitter account, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) continues to get questions about it from reporters. Over the last several days, the congressman and his office have called the incident a "hack," a "prank" and a "distraction" -- and on Tuesday Weiner told reporters that he was "not going to talk about this anymore."

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Rep. Weiner Retaining Counsel In Lewd Twitter Photo 'Hack'

Eric Lach | May 30, 2011, 5:07PM

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY)

Rep. Anthony Weiner's spokesman says the New York Democrat has retained counsel to explore possible legal action after a lewd photograph was posted on his Twitter feed this weekend. According to Weiner, the photograph, which showed a close-up of a man's crotch in tight underwear and was addressed to a 21-year-old Seattle woman, was the work of a hacker.

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Dick Armey

History Lessons With Dick Armey: Tea Parties Predate Obama, Clarence Thomas Was 'Lynched'

Megan Carpentier | October 2, 2010, 3:00PM

Dick Armey, FreedomWorks chairman

Speaking to a largely unfriendly -- and often openly hostile -- audience at The New Yorker Festival's Tea Party panel on Saturday morning, former House Majority Leader and current FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey attempted to explain to those in attendance the true origins of the tea party and why so many people seem to be so angry right now. And, despite sharing the stage with Harvard history professor and author Jill Lepore, CNBC's Rick Santelli and Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), he openly attempted to rewrite more than a little history to fit his preferred narrative.

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Goldline

Weiner And Waxman Holding Goldline Hearings Next Week

Jillian Rayfield | September 17, 2010, 8:42AM

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY)

Reps. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) have announced a hearing next Thursday on Goldline International, a company that encourages consumers to convert their assets into gold to prepare for the supposedly inevitable market collapse. Goldline has been accused, by Weiner and others, of using "aggressive sales tactics and conservative spokespeople such as Fox News' Glenn Beck to sell overpriced gold coins."

The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection will meet at 10 a.m. ET on Thursday, September 23 " to discuss legislation that would regulate gold-selling companies, an industry who's relentless advertising is now staple of cable television," according to a statement.

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Glenn Beck

Good As Goldline: Congress And CA Law Enforcement Probing Glenn Beck's Favorite Gold Seller

Jillian Rayfield | July 20, 2010, 1:31PM

Fox News Host Glenn Beck

Authorities in California have opened an official investigation into Goldline International, which urges consumers to buy gold to protect themselves from the supposed inevitable devaluing of American currency -- and features Glenn Beck in some of its advertisements.

A House Commerce subcommittee also announced today that it's planning a hearing on Goldline, which "uses aggressive sales tactics and conservative spokespeople such as Fox News' Glenn Beck to sell overpriced gold coins."

According to the Santa Monica City Attorney's office, the investigation was opened after it received more than 100 complaints from customers, some of whom alleged that gold was sold to them under false pretenses, and others who claimed they did not receive the gold as advertised.

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