Prosecutors asking for 2-year prison sentence for Anthony Weiner

Source: CNN




By Jean Casarez, CNN
Updated 10:41 AM ET, Sat September 23, 2017

New York (CNN)With Anthony Weiner's sentencing set for Monday, the big question is: Will he go to prison?

In their sentencing memorandum prosecutors are seeking 21-27 months imprisonment for Wiener, the former US congressman and estranged husband of Hillary Clinton's former adviser Huma Abedin. Prosecutors back up their request by stating, "Weiner, a grown man, a father, and a former lawmaker, willfully and knowingly asked a 15-year old girl to display her body and engage in sexually explicit conduct for him online."

Weiner, 53, pleaded guilty this May in New York's Federal District Court to one count of transferring obscene material to a minor. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

His attorneys maintain Weiner is not a sexual predator but a sick man who has made "stunning progress" through counseling. They are asking for probation.

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