Prosecutors Weigh Child-Pornography Charges Against Anthony Weiner

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by The Next News Network , Published on Jan 31, 2017
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Prosecutors Weigh Child-Pornography Charges Against Anthony Weiner
Former congressman is being investigated for sexually explicit exchanges he allegedly had with a 15-year-old girl
By ERICA ORDEN and  NICOLE HONG  Jan. 31, 2017 3:32 p.m. ET
https://www.wsj.com/articles/prosecutors-weigh-child-pornography-charges-against-anthony-weiner-1485894771
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  "Federal prosecutors are weighing bringing child-pornography charges
   against former Rep. Anthony Weiner over sexually explicit exchanges he
   allegedly had with a 15-year-old girl, according to people familiar
   with the matter.

   Mr. Weiner, a New York Democrat, is being investigated by the U.S.
   attorney's office in Manhattan and the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
   which seized his electronic devices, including a laptop and a
   cellphone, as part of the probe.
   
   Officials initiated the investigation last fall, after the Daily Mail
   in the U.K. reported that Mr. Weiner had exchanged sexually explicit
   messages and photos with the girl.
   
   In recent weeks, according to some of the people familiar with the
   matter, attorneys for Mr. Weiner have had discussions with federal
   prosecutors in Manhattan in hopes of dissuading them from bringing
   charges, or at least from bringing the most serious one: production of
   child pornography, which carries a 15-year mandatory minimum prison
   sentence upon conviction.
   
   These types of discussions can indicate both sides are trying to reach
   an agreement in which the defendant pleads guilty in exchange for a
   less-severe charge.
   
   Mr. Weiner could face the production charge, some of the people
   familiar with the case say, because he allegedly solicited explicit
   images from the teenager.
   
    Prosecutors also are weighing other charges, including receipt of
   child pornography, for which conviction carries a five-year mandatory
   minimum, and possession of child pornography, which has no mandatory
   minimum. Legal experts say receipt and possession encompass virtually
   the same misconduct, but the two charges are a way to give prosecutors
   more discretion in their charging decisions.
   
   Prosecutors could decide not to bring any charges.
   
   It isn't known what images prosecutors have found in the course of the
   investigation. Federal child pornography laws are broadly written, and
   lawyers who have defended people charged with child pornography say
   certain types of images could receive lighter treatment under the law,
   such as photos of nude minors who aren't engaging in sexually explicit
   activity.
   
   In determining child-pornography charges, prosecutors often take into
   account a range of contextual evidence, including whether a person
   specifically sought out a minor, whether the incident fits a pattern of
   similar behavior with minors and whether the person knew the individual
   was a minor.
   
   Mr. Weiner has said he might have been the victim of a hoax. The Daily
   Mail reported in September that Mr. Weiner had provided the newspaper
   copies of two emails the teenager sent him that he said "raised
   questions about her claims."
   
   Mr. Weiner resigned from Congress in 2011, after the first reports that
   he had lewd exchanges with women online. He attempted a political
   resurrection with a New York City mayoral bid in 2013, but his career
   in politics was ultimately extinguished after a fresh round of sexually
   explicit messages he had exchanged with another woman emerged in the
   midst of his campaign.
   
   The high-profile criminal probe into Mr. Weiner upended the final days
   of the 2016 presidential race. Less than two weeks before election day,
   FBI Director James Comey disclosed that FBI agents had discovered a
   laptop with emails that might be related to the probe of a private
   email server used by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
   while she was secretary of state. The emails turned out to have been on
   a laptop used by Mr. Weiner and his now-estranged wife, Huma Abedin, a
   top aide to Mrs. Clinton.
   
   Mr. Comey ultimately announced, two days before the election, that the
   search of the laptop had turned up nothing to change investigators'
   opinions that Mrs. Clinton shouldn't be charged in the email
   investigation.
   
   Write to Erica Orden at erica.orden@wsj.com and Nicole Hong at
   nicole.hong@wsj.com "

[Astrangerinmyownland]

If this guy was smart he'd play the "Jewish" and "Anti-Semitic" cards to beat the rap!