{"id":4046,"date":"2011-06-16T10:23:07","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T14:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=4046"},"modified":"2011-06-16T12:06:25","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T16:06:25","slug":"breaking-weiner-tells-friends-he-will-step-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/16\/breaking-weiner-tells-friends-he-will-step-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Weiner Tells Friends He Will Step Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times\u00a0 is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/17\/nyregion\/anthony-d-weiner-tells-friends-he-will-resign.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">reporting<\/a> this morning that embattled New York Congressman Anthony Weiner has told friends he will step down:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Anthony D. Weiner has told friends that he plans to resign his seat after coming under  growing pressure from his Democratic colleagues to leave the House, said  a person told of Mr. Weiner\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n<p>His decision follows of revelations of his lewd online exchanges with women, said a person told of Mr. Weiner\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as Democratic leaders prepared to hold a meeting on  Thursday to discuss whether to strip the 46-year-old Congressman of his  committee assignments, a blow which would severely damage his  effectiveness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Congressman Weiner&#8217;s decision comes amid heightening pressure from Congressional Democrats who were scheduled to meet today to discuss stripping Rep. Weiner of his committee assignments which would have significantly reduced his influence and effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Weiner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Bret_Baier\/statuses\/81361229729378306\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly<\/a> informed House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel of his decision to resign last night&#8230; His decision comes after his first face to talk with his wife, Huma Abedin, since news of his social-network indiscretions broke. Ms. Abedin had been traveling on business with her boss Secretary of State Hillary Clinton until yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/losangeles.cbslocal.com\/2011\/06\/15\/cbs2-exclusive-top-lax-exec-resigns-in-sexting-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Top LAX Exec Resigns In Sexting\u00a0Scandal<\/a> &#8211; CBS Los Angeles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times\u00a0 is reporting this morning that embattled New York Congressman Anthony Weiner has told friends he will step down: Anthony D. Weiner has told friends that he plans to resign his seat after coming under growing pressure from his Democratic colleagues to leave the House, said a person told of Mr. Weiner\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[474,616,7],"tags":[744,160,477,1178],"class_list":["post-4046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-breaking-news","category-culture-of-corruption","category-politics","tag-anthony-weiner","tag-congress","tag-new-york","tag-weinergate","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-13g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4035,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/15\/once-youve-lost-the-porn-star\/","url_meta":{"origin":4046,"position":0},"title":"Once You&#8217;ve Lost the Porn Star&#8230;","author":"Jeff","date":"June 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm loath to wade into to this, but I think we may have reached a tipping point in Weinergate... 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That didn't turn out so well, but Mr. Frank has since only accumulated more\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3714,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/16\/guilty-house-ethics-panel-finds-rangel-guilty-on-11-of-the-13-charges\/","url_meta":{"origin":4046,"position":2},"title":"Guilty: House Ethics Panel Finds Rangel Guilty on 11 of 13 Charges","author":"Jeff","date":"November 16, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Well it didn't take long for a House ethics panel to find New York Congressman Charles Rangel guilty on charges of that he violated House rules: A House ethics panel found senior Democratic lawmaker Charles Rangel guilty of 11 of the 13 counts of House ethics violations lodged against him.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Culture of Corruption&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Culture of Corruption","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/culture-of-corruption\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3456,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/22\/house-ethics-commitee-charges-charlie-rangel-with-violating-house-rules\/","url_meta":{"origin":4046,"position":3},"title":"House Ethics Commitee Charges Charlie Rangel With Violating House Rules","author":"Jeff","date":"July 22, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"It's taken two years of investigations, but the House Committee on Standards of Official Contact has finally charged Rep. 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