What happens to your world? It was just surviving at that point. But while rarely appearing on the campaign trail, Abedin did speak at a press conference. On July 23, , she told reporters, "I have forgiven him.
I believe in him … I made the decision. That was a decision I made for me, for our son, and for my family. Everyone was calling me and saying — people who loved me — were calling me and saying, 'Don't do this. It later became a documentary "Weiner". You look miserable throughout that campaign. Abedin said, "We were just two severely broken, traumatized people.
I couldn't see that he was completely disintegrating. And we just went into our corners. O'Donnell asked, "So, I want you to explain that, 'cause I do think that context is important. Because you're a busy working mom, because people will ask, and 'cause you just said that you crossed a threshold.
But you stayed with him. In part it was, we moved into a duplex, and Anthony took one floor and I took another. And we were very concerned about our son, and having a stable, you know, routine for him. Abedin reveals that she later found evidence that Weiner's affairs were apparently not just online. She discovered an old phone of his, on which, she said, "I found communications with women, and it was quite devastating.
A month after Hillary Clinton became the Democratic nominee for president, there was yet another bombshell: a picture of Weiner in bed with their son was leaked. That triggered an investigation by Child Protective Services. O'Donnell said, "They're showing up at your apartment all the time, checking on the well-being of your son. Were you worried you would lose your son? A few weeks later, Abedin's two lives truly came crashing together. Weiner was caught sexting with an underage girl; and FBI agents found emails involving Hillary Clinton on his laptop.
He would finally close the probe two days before Election Day , but many considered the damage had been done. And now he was going to jeopardize Hillary Clinton's chances of winning the presidency.
Help me, God. Abedin cuts through caricature, rumor, and misinformation to reveal a crystal clear portrait of Clinton as a brilliant and caring leader, a steadfast friend, generous, funny, hardworking, and dedicated. Prior to that, Abedin was deputy chief of staff to Clinton, who was U.
Secretary of State from to Abedin attended George Washington University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree as a journalism major with a minor in political science.
Under this arrangement, she did consultant work for Teneo, a strategic consulting firm whose clients included Coca-Cola and MF Global, and served as a paid consultant to the Clinton Foundation, while continuing her role as body woman to Clinton. After leaving her post at the State Department in , Abedin served as director of the transition team that helped Clinton return to private life, continued her work for the Clinton Foundation, and set up a private consulting firm, Zain Endeavors LLC.
She screened and interviewed applicants for key campaign roles, including campaign manager Robby Mook, and was the primary channel for communications to Clinton before the campaign officially began.
Huma got engaged to Anthony Weiner, the then Member of the U. Following new sexting allegations against Anthony, Huma, on August 29, , announced that she was separating from him. She again announced in early that she wants a divorce from Anthony as also sole physical custody of their son. Abedin, for the first time, made a public statement defending her husband. Hillary was horrified and I ask Abedin why.
After all, Hillary had stood by her husband after his infidelities. I ask if Hillary ever mentioned to Abedin their shared experience of being married to chronically unfaithful husbands. Soon after Abedin made her public statement of forgiveness, it emerged Weiner was still sexting. New Yorkers rejected the possibility of Mayor Danger.
No one could understand why she stayed — not even the Clintons, although they never said so explicitly. She told Weiner in that she wanted a separation, but they still lived together. Outsiders tutted, but he made life easier for her. Abedin was extremely busy working for Clinton, now secretary of state and, imminently, presidential nominee. He was happy to stay home and look after their son while Abedin travelled the country.
Anyone who has been married with kids will know that, for pragmatic purposes, you sometimes tolerate more than you should. A month after Hillary was named the Democratic nominee in the election, Weiner called Abedin. He told her the New York Post was publishing a picture of him and Jordan. She assumed it would be a paparazzi photo of the two of them in the park.
It was a photo taken by Weiner showing himself aroused and in bed, and next to him lay their sleeping toddler son, and he had sent it to a woman on the internet. Abedin threw him out of their apartment and publicly announced their separation.
Just one of those things would drive most people to a nervous breakdown. How on earth did she not collapse? Things were about to get even worse for Abedin. A few weeks later, it was alleged that Weiner had been sexting a year-old girl — a federal offence. Maybe he was addicted to self-destruction, or even public shame.
She nods emphatically. The election was less than two weeks away. Within days, Comey cleared Clinton , but the damage had been done. Do I believe it was a factor? I ask how she felt when President Trump thanked Comey after winning the election. Almost exactly a year after that, Weiner was sentenced to 21 months in prison. Before he was incarcerated, the two of them attempted to file for divorce, but because of the enormous media interest, Abedin reluctantly withdrew the petition.
They are currently finalising details of their divorce. She had expected to spend that year working as chief of staff to the first female president; instead, she was shuttling her son to prison for visits with his father in a country that was enacting a so-called Muslim ban , and she still laughs at the dystopian absurdity of it.
Were she and Hillary bitter after the election?
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