New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner’s campaign announced a 5pm ET press conference Tuesday afternoon, shortly after the publication of explicit online chat and photo exchanges that allegedly occurred between him and a 22-year-old woman that were published on the gossip site TheDirty.com.
In a statement, Weiner confirmed the exchanges were real:
I said that other texts and photos were likely to come out, and today they have. As I have said in the past, these things that I did were wrong and hurtful to my wife and caused us to go through challenges in our marriage that extended past my resignation from Congress. While some things that have been posted today are true and some are not, there is no question that what I did was wrong. This behavior is behind me. I’ve apologized to Huma and am grateful that she has worked through these issues with me and for her forgiveness. I want to again say that I am very sorry to anyone who was on the receiving end of these messages and the disruption that this has caused. As my wife and I have said, we are focused on moving forward.”
Watch the press conference live below:
