Anthony Weiner Jokes of Selling His Laptop to MyPillow’s Mike Lindell

Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner joked about promoting his notorious laptop computer to MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in a brand new interview with The New York Times.

The laptop was seized by authorities after it was reported in September 2016 that Weiner had exchanged specific messages with a 15-year-old woman from North Carolina.

Days earlier than the 2016 presidential election, then FBI director James Comey introduced that the emails had been found on the machine that had led him to reopen the investigation into Hillary Clinton‘s emails. Weiner was on the time married to prime Clinton aide Huma Abedin.

Ultimately, no incriminating proof was discovered on the machine, however some have forged blame on Weiner for prompting the chain of occasions that led to the reopening of the investigation. Clinton has mentioned that Comey’s choice to revive the inquiry into her use of a personal electronic mail server whereas secretary of state value her the election.

Weiner was sentenced to 21 months in jail after pleading responsible in 2017 to transferring obscene materials to a minor.

He advised Times columnist Ben Smith that individuals generally ask concerning the whereabouts of the laptop computer, which he says he retains in a closet. “I’m questioning if I ought to name up the MyPillow man and provide to promote him the laptop computer,” Weiner mentioned.

Lindell, an ardent Trump supporter, has promoted conspiracy theories concerning the 2020 election and the Clintons. Lindell has been contacted for remark.

But Weiner is questioning extra significantly about whether or not to money in on his notoriety by promoting the search warrant for his laptop computer, as an illustration, as a non-fungible token or NFT. “Cashing in can be good,” he mentioned.

Weiner, who’s in a 12-step program for intercourse dependancy, additionally advised the Times that his agent has shopped a ebook about intercourse dependancy.

Once a rising star within the Democratic Party, Weiner’s downfall started when he was despatched a lewd image to a school pupil on Twitter in 2011. He initially claimed his account had been hacked, then admitted in a information convention that he had exchanged specific messages and photographs with round six girls whereas married to Abedin.

He resigned from Congress in June that 12 months however tried to make a return to politics by getting into New York City’s mayoral race in 2013.

But he was hit by a second sexting scandal after it emerged that he had used the alias “Carlos Danger” to ship specific photographs to a girl after his resignation from Congress.

The former congressman’s exchanges with the 15-year-old led to his having to register as a intercourse offender.