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Anthony David Weiner (born September 4, 1964) is an American former congressman who represented New York's 9th congressional district from January 1999 until June 2011. Weiner resigned from Congress in June 2011 after the first of several sexting scandals became public. On September 21, 2016, the Daily Mail published an article claiming that Weiner had engaged in sexting with a 15-year-old girl, and devices owned by Weiner were seized as part of an investigation into this incident. The report prompted a criminal investigation and Weiner's porn-laptop was seized. Emails pertinent to the Hillary Clinton email controversy were discovered on that laptop. On May 19, 2017, as part of a plea deal, Weiner pled guilty in federal court to transferring obscene material to a minor, and was on September 25, 2017, sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine. He was also required to register as a convicted sex offender where he lives or works for the rest of his life. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of New York City in the 2005 and 2013 New York City mayoral elections. Weiner is Jewish. In May 2009, he became engaged to Egyptian citizen Huma Abedin, a long-time personal aide to Hillary Clinton, and they married in July 2010, with former President Bill Clinton officiating. Abedin is a practicing Muslim of Pakistani descent. In December 2011, Abedin gave birth to a son, Jordan Zain Weiner.