Anthony Weiner
American politician
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| 2025 | Weiner officially announced his candidacy for the 2025 New York City Council election in District 2, running against New York State Assemblyman Harvey Epstein and two other Democrats for the seat currently held by term-limited member Carlina Rivera. |
| December 10 2024 | Weiner announces his candidacy for New York City's 2nd City Council district. |
| November 2024 | Anthony Weiner announced he is considering running for public office again, potentially challenging New York State Assemblyman Harvey Epstein and other Democrats for the New York City Council District seat currently held by term-limited Carlina Rivera. |
| August 2021 | Left his role as CEO of IceStone, a Brooklyn-based kitchen-countertop company, as the company transitioned to a worker-owned cooperative. |
| 2019 | Weiner is released from federal prison after serving his sentence. |
| May 14 2019 | Released from Bronx halfway house and remains registered as a sex offender. |
| February 17 2019 | Released from prison after serving about three months less due to good behavior, transferred to a halfway house. |
| January 2018 | Weiner and Abedin withdrew their divorce case from court, deciding to settle privately to protect their six-year-old son. |
| November 6 2017 | Began serving his 21-month prison sentence at Federal Medical Center, Devens in Ayer, Massachusetts. |
| September 25 2017 | Sentenced to 21 months in federal prison and required to register as a sex offender by Judge Denise Cote. |
| May 19 2017 | After Weiner pleaded guilty to a criminal charge, Abedin filed for divorce. |
| May 19 2017 | Weiner surrendered to the FBI and pleaded guilty to transferring obscene material to a minor. |
| January 2017 | Abedin announced her intent to file for divorce with sole physical custody of their son. |
| 2016 | The documentary 'Weiner' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, chronicling his mayoral campaign. |
| September 2016 | Allegations surfaced that Weiner engaged in sexting with a 15-year-old girl, prompting a criminal investigation and seizure of his devices. |
| August 29 2016 | Removed from New York Daily News columns and NY1 television contributor roles on the same day. |
| August 28 2016 | The New York Post reported Weiner sexting another woman, including a photo taken while in bed with his young son, leading to his separation from wife Huma Abedin. |
| July 2015 | Began working as a part-time consultant and board advisor for MWW Group, a PR firm in New York City. |
| 2014 | Weiner made a cameo appearance in an episode of the television show Alpha House. |
| 2013 | 'The Weiner Monologues', a theatrical production directed by Jonathan Harper Schlieman, premiered at the Access Theater, based on media coverage of Weiner's sexting scandal. |
| 2013 | Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin granted filmmakers full access to his mayoral campaign, which would later become the documentary 'Weiner'. |
| September 10 2013 | Weiner lost the New York City mayoral primary, receiving only 4.9% of the vote. |
| July 27 2013 | Danny Kedem, Weiner's campaign chief, resigned from his position in the mayoral campaign. |
| July 23 2013 | Weiner publicly acknowledged sending explicit messages to at least three women in 2012, admitting to using the alias 'Carlos Danger' and continuing inappropriate communications after his congressional resignation. |
| July 23 2013 | A second sexting scandal emerged, involving explicit photos sent to a 22-year-old woman named Sydney Leathers. |
| May 21 2013 | Weiner officially announced his candidacy for New York City mayor through a YouTube video. |
| April 11 2013 | Rep. Keith Ellison publicly endorsed Weiner for the New York City mayoral race. |
| April 10 2013 | In an interview with The New York Times Magazine, Weiner expressed interest in running for mayor of New York City, stating it might be his 'now or maybe never' opportunity. |
| March 2013 | By the March campaign finance filing deadline, Weiner had raised over $5.1 million for his mayoral campaign, the second-highest amount among registered candidates. |
| December 2011 | Abedin gave birth to their son. |
| July 2011 | Created the consulting firm Woolf-Weiner Associates, advising over a dozen companies in electronic medical records and biofuel industries, and working with international law firm Covington & Burling. |
| June 21 2011 | Weiner formally resigned from Congress, with a special election held on September 13 to replace him. |
| June 16 2011 | Weiner announced his resignation from Congress following the sexting scandal. |
| June 13 2011 | New York Daily News reported that one of Weiner's vehicles was displaying expired license plates from another vehicle, despite having valid plates issued. |
| May 27 2011 | Weiner sent a sexually explicit photograph through his Twitter account, initially denying responsibility. |
| 2010 | Roll Call newspaper conducted a license plate check revealing Anthony Weiner had accumulated over $2,000 in unpaid traffic tickets spanning three years. The fines were paid in full shortly after the article's publication. |
| November 2010 | Pressured YouTube to remove inflammatory videos by Anwar al-Awlaki from its website. |
| July 2010 | Weiner raised $3.9 million for a potential 2013 mayoral campaign and was considered a leading contender in early polls. |
| July 2010 | Weiner married Huma Abedin, with former president Bill Clinton officiating the wedding. |
| July 29 2010 | Criticized Republicans for opposing the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act for first responders. |
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