US seeks prison time for Anthony Weiner in ‘sexting’ case

‘US prosecutors have sought prison sentence for former US Congressman Anthony Weiner who was found guilty in a federal court for sending obscene messages to a minor, leading to a scandal that played a role in last year’s US presidential election.
Federal prosecutors said on Wednesday that Weiner should go to prison for two years for engaging in sexting with a 15-year-old girl.
“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,” prosecutors said in a filing in Manhattan federal court.
“Such conduct warrants a meaningful sentence of incarceration.”
Weiner came under FBI investigation following the social media report about his online relationship with a teenager from North Carolina.’
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