Sunday, June 12, 2011

Weinergate: The twit tweeted a teen!

Congressman Anthony Weiner wades through a throng of reporters as he leaves his Forest Hills, Queens, apartment Friday.

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Congressman Anthony Weiner wades through a throng of reporters as he leaves his Forest Hills, Queens, apartment Friday.

Creepy�congressman�Anthony Weiner exchanged private tweets with a 17-year-old high school girl - but he insists he kept his pants on.

Two officers from the New Castle County Police Department in Delaware went to the girl's house�Friday and interviewed the teenager, who the Daily News is not identifying, and looked over her computer.

She told them Weiner kept it clean, police said.

"They were made aware of an alleged contact between Congressman Anthony Weiner and an area teen," said Officer Tracey Duffy, a New Castle police spokeswoman. "The teen has been interviewed and disclosed no information regarding any criminal activity."

She said the investigation was continuing.

A spokeswoman for Weiner said "his communications with this person were neither explicit nor indecent."

A source close to the girl, who has just finished her junior year, backed him up.

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"She was not targeted in any way and did not receive any inappropriate messages or photos or anything from the congressman," the source told The News. "If she had, her family would have filed charges."

But the girl and Weiner did exchange a handful of private direct messages, and in one he described himself as a superhero and wrote: "I came back strong. Large. Tights and cape. ..."

Weiner has admitted committing virtual adultery with six ladies he met on the Web and insisted "to the best of my knowledge they were all adults."

Some conservative bloggers have zeroed-in on an excited tweet the girl posted on April 13 in which she declared, "Seriously talking to Representative Weiner from New York right now! Like is my life real?"

Two days later, she complained that Weiner was no longer following her on Twitter.

"The blogs have taken a few tweets from a 17-year-old kid and put their own twist on messages that were just kid stuff," the source said.

Last night, media gathered outside the girl's house north of Wilmington, and a shirtless man threatened reporters with an ax. He was taken into custody.


(Suchat Pederson/AP)

The developments came as Weiner got his first shoutout of support from a prominent Democrat - Harlem heavyweight Rep. Charlie Rangel - since his sexting scandal erupted.

"Not one person has given any reason for a resignation," Rangel said.

Rangel, who refused to quit last year after he was censured by the House for failing to pay taxes on his rental income, said he doesn't condone Weiner's X-rated computer conduct.

"I know one thing, he wasn't going with prostitutes," Rangel said. "He wasn't going out with little boys. He wasn't going into men's rooms with broad stances."

Rangel was referring, in order, to Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, who cheated on his wife with hookers; Florida Rep. Mark Foley, who sent sleazy e-mails to teenage boys; and Idaho Sen. Larry "Wide Stance" Craig, who got busted for lewdness in an airport rest room.

All three are Republicans. Vitter remains in the Senate.

Weiner, 46, whose district encompasses parts of Queens and Brooklyn, has a solid majority that wants him to stay, according to a recent New York 1/Marist poll.

With George Miller, Erin Einhorn, Celeste Katz and Anjali Mullany

csiemaszko@nydailynews.com

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