Anthony Weiner avoided questions about his infamous sexting scandal while giving another interview as he continues to promote his possible mayoral bid.
Just days after a lengthy profile piece ran in The New York Times Magazine, the former congressman sat down for a television interview in his Park Avenue apartment where he tried to deflect specific questions about the scandal that forced him to resign in 2011.
‘I did these inappropriate things and sent these inappropriate messages with more than one person, several people. And I have been excruciatingly honest, in letter by letter, detail by detail, with my wife,’ he said to local station NY1.
Taking steps: Anthony Weiner agreed to give a television interview just days after a lengthy magazine piece ran about his possible run for New York City mayor
Relaxed atmosphere: The interview took place inside the Park Avenue apartment where Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin are living, and viewers could see into the nursery used for the couple's newborn son Jordan
‘Frankly, a lot of these things are in the public domain. An embarrassing amount is in the public domain.
‘But out of respect for the idea that I've laid it all out for her and out of some respect for the privacy of the people who were at the other end of these correspondences, who had their lives turned upside down, I am not going to go into the details of every bit of it.’
When asked how many women he sent lewd pictures to, Weiner would not say the exact number, only saying that there were ‘several’ recipients. When pressed whether several meant more or less than 10, he refused to answer either way.
The only detail that he provided was the fact that none of the women involved were underage.
Facing the cameras: The NY1 interview was his first televised appearance since he resigned in 2011 (pictured)
‘I think I'll be spending a lot of time from here on out saying I'm sorry,’ he told NY1.
His renewed public presence, after spending nearly two years actively avoiding the spotlight, comes as he very openly considers running in the upcoming New York City mayoral race.
The 8,000-word New York Times article served to soften the ground for the Democrat, painting a picture of his family life with wife Huma Abedin and their son Jordan, who was born months after he resigned in disgrace.
In the extensive interview, he mulls his chances of running in the crowded field, explaining that one of the strongest motivating factors is the $4.3million that he has sitting in his campaign war chest.
Standing by him: Weiner's wife Huma Abedin was pregnant when his sexting scandal emerged
Supportive: Huma Abedin, a close aide to Hillary Clinton, said she has forgiven her husband's mistake
‘I don’t have this burning, overriding desire to go out and run for office. It’s not the single animating force in my life as it was for quite some time. But I do recognize, to some degree, it’s now or maybe never for me, in terms of running for something,’ he said in the interview.
He followed the attention from the Times piece with the release on Monday of a 64-point plan for New York, calling the packet his ‘Keys to the City’.
Eagle-eyed politicos at New York Magazine quickly noted that much of the 21-page document is extremely similar to the same one that he released in 2009 when he was first considering a bid for mayor.
Much of the packet is the same as it was four years ago, spare for deleted mentions of his four terms as Congressman and his characterization of the transit authority as ‘impotent’.
Though he has spent $100,000 on polling, hiring David Binder who has worked for President Obama in the past, Weiner has not formally announced his candidacy. That hasn’t stopped him from speculating on his goals should he toss his hat in the ring.
‘I want to be part of the ideas primary, that's for sure. That primary I want to do very well in,’ he said to NY1.
‘If I run for mayor and if I become mayor, I want people looking at me and saying "you're in charge, you did this, you're accountable."'
Just days after a lengthy profile piece ran in The New York Times Magazine, the former congressman sat down for a television interview in his Park Avenue apartment where he tried to deflect specific questions about the scandal that forced him to resign in 2011.
‘I did these inappropriate things and sent these inappropriate messages with more than one person, several people. And I have been excruciatingly honest, in letter by letter, detail by detail, with my wife,’ he said to local station NY1.
Taking steps: Anthony Weiner agreed to give a television interview just days after a lengthy magazine piece ran about his possible run for New York City mayor
Relaxed atmosphere: The interview took place inside the Park Avenue apartment where Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin are living, and viewers could see into the nursery used for the couple's newborn son Jordan
‘Frankly, a lot of these things are in the public domain. An embarrassing amount is in the public domain.
‘But out of respect for the idea that I've laid it all out for her and out of some respect for the privacy of the people who were at the other end of these correspondences, who had their lives turned upside down, I am not going to go into the details of every bit of it.’
When asked how many women he sent lewd pictures to, Weiner would not say the exact number, only saying that there were ‘several’ recipients. When pressed whether several meant more or less than 10, he refused to answer either way.
The only detail that he provided was the fact that none of the women involved were underage.
Facing the cameras: The NY1 interview was his first televised appearance since he resigned in 2011 (pictured)
‘I think I'll be spending a lot of time from here on out saying I'm sorry,’ he told NY1.
His renewed public presence, after spending nearly two years actively avoiding the spotlight, comes as he very openly considers running in the upcoming New York City mayoral race.
The 8,000-word New York Times article served to soften the ground for the Democrat, painting a picture of his family life with wife Huma Abedin and their son Jordan, who was born months after he resigned in disgrace.
In the extensive interview, he mulls his chances of running in the crowded field, explaining that one of the strongest motivating factors is the $4.3million that he has sitting in his campaign war chest.
Standing by him: Weiner's wife Huma Abedin was pregnant when his sexting scandal emerged
Supportive: Huma Abedin, a close aide to Hillary Clinton, said she has forgiven her husband's mistake
‘I don’t have this burning, overriding desire to go out and run for office. It’s not the single animating force in my life as it was for quite some time. But I do recognize, to some degree, it’s now or maybe never for me, in terms of running for something,’ he said in the interview.
He followed the attention from the Times piece with the release on Monday of a 64-point plan for New York, calling the packet his ‘Keys to the City’.
Eagle-eyed politicos at New York Magazine quickly noted that much of the 21-page document is extremely similar to the same one that he released in 2009 when he was first considering a bid for mayor.
Much of the packet is the same as it was four years ago, spare for deleted mentions of his four terms as Congressman and his characterization of the transit authority as ‘impotent’.
Though he has spent $100,000 on polling, hiring David Binder who has worked for President Obama in the past, Weiner has not formally announced his candidacy. That hasn’t stopped him from speculating on his goals should he toss his hat in the ring.
‘I want to be part of the ideas primary, that's for sure. That primary I want to do very well in,’ he said to NY1.
‘If I run for mayor and if I become mayor, I want people looking at me and saying "you're in charge, you did this, you're accountable."'
