Ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner Spent +$13,000 To Send Private Investigators On Twitter Fool’s Errand
BY Celeste Katz
Disgraced ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner used campaign money to hire private investigators to chase down his lie about his now-notorious crotch-shot tweet.
Our Alison Gendar reports:
Weiner paid T&M, a Manhattan-based firm, $13,290 for “legal services” in the fourth quarter of 2011, financial statements filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission reveal.
Sources told the Daily News, however, that Weiner hired T&M — a firm loaded with former NYPD sleuths — when he was in full spin mode over the controversy that eventually led to his resignation from the House.
When the story first broke, Weiner’s line was that someone had hacked into his Twitter account and sent the pic of bulging boxer-briefs to a Washington State college student.
“We’ve asked a firm to look into whether some of my photos could have been taken; they could have been manipulated,” Weiner said at the time.
Two sources familiar with Weiner’s downfall said the Queens pol told investigators the same story. T&M investigated — and learned Weiner had sent them on a fool’s errand.
“They did their job, and then it was time to sit down with lawyers,” another source said. “Self-denial, it dies a slow death.”
Weiner eventually admitted he had sent the lewd picture. After the T & M investigation ended, Weiner continued to use the firm for security, paying them more than $43,000 in the last six months of 2011, though he resigned in June.
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