Huma Abedin stiffed ex-hubby Anthony Weiner with a lowball $175 donation for his comeback marketing campaign for Metropolis Council, nicely wanting the utmost contribution restrict.
She might have given as much as $1,050.
Abedin, 48, a longtime confidante of Hillary Clinton, divorced the sexting ex-con Weiner and is now engaged to Alexander Soros.
She and Weiner have a son, Jordan.
Huma’s sister, Heba, additionally kicked in $150 for Weiner’s bid to win a seat in District 2 on the East Facet of Manhattan, data filed with the Marketing campaign Finance Board present.
Weiner donated $175 to his marketing campaign, itemizing his occupation as “Purple Apple media host.”
Earlier than his newest bid for Council, Weiner had a gig on 770 WABC radio.
Weiner is the 60-year-old perv whose sexting scandal prompted an embarrassing exit from public workplace greater than a decade in the past, culminating in a prison conviction and jail time for sexting a 15-year-old lady.
He did some laborious time.
However Weiner — like Andrew Cuomo, the ex-governor who resigned from workplace and is now operating for mayor, is making an attempt to get again within the political recreation.
“Huma gave a minimal funding to Anthony. She did what she needed to do,” mentioned political marketing consultant George Arzt, noting they’ve a son.
Weiner could have made a mushy moderately laborious promote when soliciting a donation from Abedin, mentioned one marketing campaign strategist.
“For all we all know, that’s all he requested her for,” election veteran election lawyer Jerry Goldfeder mentioned of the $175 donation, which can be utilized to generate public matching funds.
Weiner advised he solely requested Abedin for $175 to qualify for matching public funds.
“She gave the utmost matchable quantity. The identical quantity I gave,” he informed The Put up.
“If I win by one vote,” Weiner mentioned, “I’ll know who to thank.”
However there have been different donors who gave extra: enterprise mogul Alexander Rovt and his spouse, Olga, donated $1,000 apiece.
Weiner beforehand served within the Council, representing Brooklyn, earlier than his election to Congress.
“Anthony is an consideration addict,” mentioned former Brooklyn Councilman Sal Albanese, who served with Weiner within the Council.
“Operating for workplace once more is one other method for him to get consideration and finally self-destruct. I all the time thought he was a bit of unstable.”
Weiner is operating for a decrease Manhattan seat that features the Decrease East Facet, Greenwich Village, Gramercy Park and Murray Hill/ Kips Bay.
His rivals within the Democratic main embody state Assemblyman Harvey Epstein, whose title was spoofed in a “Saturday Night time Stay” skit final fall: Neighborhood Board 3 chairwoman Andrea Gordillo, former aide to Invoice de Blasio Sarah Batchu and Allison Ryan.
Abedin declined to remark.
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