Report: Huma Abedin Files For Divorce From Anthony Weiner

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By Josh Nathan-Kazis May 19, 2017

Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin has filed for divorce from disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner, hours after Weiner pled guilty to sending explicit sexual images to a minor, the New York Post reported Friday.

Under the terms of his plea deal, Weiner could serve up to a decade in prison. Prosecutors recommended a sentence term of three years.

Weiner and Abedin announced a temporary separation last August, though press reports earlier this year indicated that they were attempting to reconcile.

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Josh Nathan-Kazis is a staff writer for the Forward. He covers charities and politics, and writes investigations and longform.

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