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[DerekOfTheDykes]

Source: The Hill

The teenage girl who had exchanged sexually explicit text messages with former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) lied about her age and political motivations to harm Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, according to a report by the investigative news site WhoWhatWhy.

In a report published Monday, the website said the girl who exchanged the messages with Weiner was closer to 17 and not 15, as initial reports said. That also puts her above the age of consent in North Carolina, which is 16.

In addition, she and her family were also not Clinton supporters, as the girl claimed in a letter published by BuzzFeed, according to social media posts unearthed by the website. The report also says the girl initiated the contact with Weiner and then sought advice from a GOP figure behind "prior efforts to harm Weiner and other Democrats."

Slightly more at the link, but that's the relevant stuff.

This is no attempt to claim Weiner is not a complete scumbag (he is), but it is a rather interesting twist that the whole thing was basically an intentional honeypot aimed at him specifically due to his past scandals and connection to Clinton.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Next season on The Americans.

 

[D'ultimate]

I would hold off on rushing to judgement on this. Sorta seems made up.

Is there a more credible source of this news?

 

[jack_package_200]

I really hope to god her parents were not in on her doing this.

I am not surprised the party of family values resorted to this tactic.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

I'm going to need something a little bit more credible than "WhoWhatWhy", something I've never heard of before

 

[gutshot]

I get all my important news from WhoWhatWhy.

 

[Boke1879]

This topic should probably be closed until someone else picks this up.

 

[johnsmith]

This screams of fake news.


Russell Warren "Russ" Baker, is an American investigative journalist. He is the author of a 2008 book, Family of Secrets, that outlines what it claims are connections between President George H.W. Bush and the Watergate scandal and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He is also the founder of WhoWhatWhy, a journalism website.


uh yeah, this is totally legit, not fishy at all

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

This screams of fake news.


Russell Warren "Russ" Baker, is an American investigative journalist. He is the author of a 2008 book, Family of Secrets, that outlines what it claims are connections between President George H.W. Bush and the Watergate scandal and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He is also the founder of WhoWhatWhy, a journalism website.


uh yeah, this is totally legit, not fishy at all

Sounds legit to me, maybe you're the fake news!

 

[Buzzman]

He could have avoided this dastardly conspiracy by not being a fucking scumbag.

 

[LQX]

If she is above the age of consent why was he convicted?

 

[Netherscourge]

...then sought advice from a GOP figure behind "prior efforts to harm Weiner and other Democrats."

This is potential Megaton news. Needs more sources.

 

[shadowsdarknes]

Not saying it couldn't happen, but it seems unlikely a 17 yr old girl would be that interested in taking down Clinton.

 

[……forgetit]

So, if true, it was essentially a hit job on the dude. I'd be angry if it wasn't so sad that it worked.

 

[Mutanthands]

Jesus, we don't need a victim of sexual misconduct smeared for this sort of shit.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

Yeeeeeeeeeeah, add me to the "hesitant" list.

 

[Escape Goat]

Not saying it couldn't happen, but it seems unlikely a 17 yr old girl would be that interested in taking down Clinton.

What if Clinton destroyed her village when she was a child?

 

[Morts]

We don't need to waste time on conspiracy theories when there are so many verifiable scandals at thge moment. Call me when there's a credible source.

 

[Anoregon]

Even if this is true, there's still no one blame but Weiner for being such an easy target for this kind of thing. No one makes you try to fuck a 16 year old.

 

[Schucky Ducky]

Yeeeeeeeeeeah, add me to the "hesitant" list.

Same. Need to see more credible sources.

 

[C.Mongler]

Interesting take for sure, but how reputable is this source? Did a bit of research and here's a bit from the founder's Wiki:

He is the author of a 2008 book, Family of Secrets, that outlines what it claims are connections between President George H.W. Bush and the Watergate scandal and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Seems like he might be a bit of a conspiracy nut, but I'm certainly open to hear someone vouch for their credibility.

 

[WrenchNinja]

WhoWhatWhy

Is this a legit site?

 

[MartyStu]

Uhh, the lets not. Lets not.

I mean, it could be true, but lets not.

 

[FrontalMonk]

Mmm, I do love me some fake news. I'd like a little extra verification that this was an actual hit job and not just Weiner being a moron.

 

[Mutanthands]

If she is above the age of consent why was he convicted?

Yeah. I don't think she would have been able to fake her age in a court case. That's the first thing you're going to check.

 

[Iksenpets]

Yeeeeeeeeeeah, add me to the "hesitant" list.

Yeah, this seems insane until someone independently verifies. The Hill is fine as far as I know, but I don't know if they're just saying the report from this WhoWhatWhy thing is out there, or if they actually did the work to confirm it.

Interesting take for sure, but how reputable is this source? Did a bit of research and here's a bit from the founder's Wiki:



Seems like he might be a bit of a conspiracy nut, but I'm certainly open to hear someone vouch for their credibility.

Well my trust in this just plunged to new lows...

 

[gutshot]

What if Clinton destroyed her village when she was a child?

 

[rjinaz]

Yeah let's wait and see. If it is true, I'm not going to place any blame on a minor and a victim.

 

[Boke1879]

Yea. Lets not do this. Until CNN or anyone else breaks with this. Then lets let this topic fade away.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Yeah. I don't think she would have been able to fake her age in a court case. That's the first thing you're going to check.

she seduced the judge too

leak the real news to a fake news site so the fake news is lost with the real news meaning the story is DoA

perfect crime

 

[Arkeband]

Why do some of you guys just rush to post the juiciest unverified topics? It isn't like this site has karma, you just end up looking careless.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Girl in Weiner

 

[Aselith]

I'm sure Wieners lawyer didn't think to verify her age before he plead guilty...

 

[Trey]

Some tweets aren't enough evidence to show much more than that the family has Twitter accounts.

 

[Iksenpets]

Olly vs Trump would've been a pretty hard choice to make for my vote.

 

[Netherscourge]

If she is above the age of consent why was he convicted?

Because he pleaded guilty to it.

 

[rjinaz]

I'm sure Wieners lawyer didn't think to verify her age before he plead guilty...

It can be pretty complicated right? I don't know about all the specifics in this case but state lines, how communication was conducted, etc can all come into play making things illegal even if there is an age on consent.

 

[LumpOfCole]

Even if this were true, Weiner is still the worst one in the story.

 

[HerbertBirdsfoot]

Weiner pled guilty and surrendered to the FBI just last week. Don't need conspiracy theory nonsense on the left. Let the right make idiots of themselves chasing Seth Rich theories. Let's just deal with things that come from reputable sources.

 

[andrerobot]

Is there a decent source for this?

 

[Buzzman]

Any person regardless of political affiliation has my full support in uncovering predators like Weiner. We don't need these people.

 

[Robdraggoo]

It all comes back to thrones

 

[BrutishMrFish]

I don't buy it. WhoWhatWhy isn't credible, and most teenagers don't care about politics enough to pull something like that.

 

[PJV3]

Doesn't sound likely, I would definitely worry about the system not uncovering it, and I would want a refund from my lawyer.

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

What if Clinton destroyed her village when she was a child?

Her father is Dr. Ben Ghazi.

 

[kadotsu]

They are jumping to conclusions like some of the "best" reddit detectives.

 

[tkscz]

Source: The Hill



Slightly more at the link, but that's the relevant stuff.

This is no attempt to claim Weiner is not a complete scumbag (he is), but it is a rather interesting twist that the whole thing was basically an intentional honeypot aimed at him specifically due to his past scandals and connection to Clinton.

Well he still stuck his hand in the honey pot.

 

[DerekOfTheDykes]

To be fair, I would normally be a little skeptical of this random WhoWhatWhy site, but The Hill has traditionally been pretty good about running stories like this. They aren't a clickbait rag.

So I guess I'll say my willingness to entertain this at all comes more from seeing this on The Hill.

I just generally have found The Hill to be a solid general news source outside of their frequently garbage guest editorials.

 

[Lord Fagan]

So instead of sexting with a 15 year old while in bed with his son, he was sexting with a 17 year old while in bed with his son. All after a similar sexting episode exploded all over the news, ruined his career and publicly embarrassed him and his family on a national level, yeah?

I mean...did I miss the part where he's innocent or something?

 

[Brinbe]

Surprised that The Hill would go with this.