new york former u.s. congressman anthony weiner weep friday plead guilty send sexually explicit message teenage girl cap sexting scandal play role last year u.s. presidential election wan days wear navy suit maroon tie wed band tearful weiner 52 describe conduct u.s. district judge loretta preska new york city sickness excuse weiner say apologize 15-year-old girl send inappropriate image message last year hours court hear wife huma abedin senior aide 2016 democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton file divorce manhattan court accord new york post lawyer abedin immediately respond request comment charge transfer obscene material minor carry maximum sentence 10 years prison weiner likely get less sentence sept. 8. part plea agreement federal prosecutors say would consider term 21 months 27 months fair appropriate plea deal appear seal demise once-promising political career derail series scandals stem weiner describe court compulsive need seek sexual attention women social media investigation exchange teenage girl also roil 2016 u.s. presidential campaign days election day search weiner laptop federal agents find batch email wife result jam comey director federal bureau investigation announce late october agency review message determine whether reopen investigation clinton handle official correspondence clinton lead national poll time blame loss republican donald trump part comey announcement even though director say two days election november review uncover new evidence abedin announce separation weiner last summer late round explicit message emerge include image weiner crotch lay bed young son controversy clinton use private email server u.s. secretary state dog throughout campaign trump accuse clinton endanger national security expose classify information potential hack testimony congress two weeks ago comey say felt mildly nauseous suggestion action may sway election add regret trump fire comey days late amid fbi probe whether trump campaign collude russia defeat clinton allegation president deny weiner serve part new york city 12 years u.s. house representatives resign 2011 explicit photograph post twitter account initially claim account hack eventually acknowledge send image well inappropriate message several women two years late announce run new york city mayor drop race explicit message become public federal investigation weiner come light last year daily mail british newspaper publish interview north carolina teen friday weiner say receive intensive mental health treatment since destructive impulses bring great devastation family friends destroy life dream public service weiner say statement act u.s. attorney manhattan joon kim say weiner conduct reprehensible federal crime one convict sentence ex-u.s. congressman weiner plead guilty teen 'sexting case