Consider this story about the porn star Ginger Lee the first of many drips to come.
TMZ: Weiner and former porn star Ginger Lee exchanged scores of sexual emails over a long period of time. When the underwear scandal broke on May 28, Lee began receiving calls from the media, and Weiner was more than happy to help her control the situation ... by lying.
On June 2, Weiner emailed Lee, "Do you need to talk to a professional PR type person to give u advice? I can have someone on my team call. [Yeah, my team is doing great. Ugh]."
It's unclear if Weiner's PR team is from his Congressional staff. If so, Weiner could run afoul of House Ethics Rules as well as the law.
Weiner put on a full court press, urging Lee to lie about their relationship. On June 1, he emailed her: "The key is to have a short, thought out statement that tackles the top line questions and then refer people back to it. Have a couple of iterations of: 'This is silly. Like so many others, I follow Rep. Weiner on Twitter. I don't know him and have never met him. He briefly followed me and sent me a dm saying thank you for the follow. That's it.'" [MORE]This is just the first of many more to come. Radar Online already has another gal talking today. For now, Weiner's constituents may still be supportive, but with more and more stories coming out, I doubt that will last for long. Weiner's fellow Democrats are already talking ethics probe.
If I were Weiner, I would resign today. I would then take a very long vacation in some third world country until this story has had time to die down. He can use that time to figure out how to make a living in the private sector under an economy he helped to devastate.
Via: Memeorandum
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