Former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) thinks Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump
Donald TrumpNewsom touts victory over recall as rejection of 'Trumpism' Newsom easily beats back recall effort in California Second senior official leaving DHS in a week MORE's controversies are making his own past scandals look "quaint" in comparison.
"I will say this: There’s no doubt that the Trump phenomenon has led a lot of people to say to me, 'Boy, compared to inviting the Russians to come hack someone’s email, your thing seems almost quaint,' " Weiner said in an interview with The New York Times Magazine.
Weiner resigned from Congress in 2011 after accidentally posting sexual images of himself on Twitter. He later ran unsuccessfully for New York City mayor, a race that was plagued by a second sexting scandal.
In the interview, Weiner declined to answer questions about whether he was still “engaging in the activities” that led to his resignation.
"I’m not going to go down the path of talking about any of that,” Weiner told reporter Mark Leibovich.
The New York Post reported last week that Weiner, the husband of Huma Abedin, a top aide to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonWe must mount an all-country response to help our Afghan allies Biden nominates ex-State Department official as Export-Import Bank leader Obamas, Bushes and Clintons joining new effort to help Afghan refugees MORE, was again caught in a “flirty online chat” that turned out to be a “catfish.”
Weiner told the New York Post that he offered his location and phone number to a college student who turned out to be a young Republican man using the name “Nikki” under a friend’s Twitter account.
“I can confirm that I am indeed deceptively strong like a mongoose,” Weiner said to the New York Post, referring to a claim he made in the chat, adding that the conversation was a “playful joust with an obvious catfish.”
