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Weiner was sentenced in September 2017 to 21 months in federal prison.
By Michael V. Cusenza
Disgraced former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner has been released from federal lockup, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
Weiner, who was sentenced in September 2017 to 21 months in prison for texting obscene material to a 15-year-old girl, was recently transferred to a Residential Reentry Management facility in Brooklyn from Federal Medical Center, Devens, in Massachusetts, where he served most of his sentence. The RRM location is either a home confinement residence or a halfway house.
Weiner is scheduled to be fully released from BOP custody on May 14. Thanks to good behavior at Devens, three months was lopped off of his original 21-month sentence, according to a New York Post report.
In addition to the prison term, Weiner, who resided in Forest Hills for many years, was sentenced to three years of supervised release, must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, and pay a $10,000 fine.
According to court records, between January and March 2016, Weiner, 54, used online messaging and video chat applications to communicate with a minor girl he knew to be 15 years old. In the course of those communications, Weiner transferred obscene material to the North Carolina teen, including directions to engage in sexual conduct and sexually explicit images.
Weiner addressed the court in May 2017 when he pleaded guilty.
“I accept full responsibility for my conduct. I have a sickness, but I do not have an excuse,” Weiner said. “I apologize to everyone I have hurt. I apologize to the teenage girl, whom I mistreated so badly. I am committed to making amends to all those I have harmed. Thank you.”
