Anthony Weiner must be released early

Anthony Weiner, the former New York congressman who pleaded guilty to sexting with a minor, must be released three months earlier than planned.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons records indicate that Weiner must be released on May 14, 2019, after 18 months in jail. He was sentenced to 21 months and his release was scheduled for August 2019.

Weiner is released for good behavior in prison, CNN and Politico confirmed Tuesday with a spokesman for the Bureau of Prisons.

Former congressman and former husband of Huma Abedin, longtime adviser to Hillary Clinton, went to the FBI and pleaded guilty to a charge of federal obscenity in May. 2017. In front of a Manhattan federal court judge, Weiner acknowledged that he had met a high school student on the Internet and "is engaged in obscene communication with this teenager, as I I had done it and I kept doing it with adult women. "

"I accept full responsibility for my conduct," Weiner said in a statement. "I have an illness but I do not have an excuse. … I apologize to the teenager that I have so badly treated. "

Weiner, who has been a Democrat in the House of Representatives for more than two decades, resigned from Congress in 2011 after being caught sexually explicit photos with women on social media. He then lost his candidacy for the post of mayor of New York City after the publication of more explicit messages.

In late August, the New York Post reported that Weiner had sent photos of his crotch to another woman, including a photo in which he was posing next to his 4-year-old son. A few hours after the publication of the story, Abedin announced that she was separating from Weiner. She later asked for a divorce.

Federal officials and the New York City Police Department opened an investigation into Weiner in September 2016 after the Daily Mail published an article accusing him of sending Sexually explicit SMS to a 15 year old girl.

Weiner's SMS played a role in the 2016 presidential campaign. During Weiner's investigation, federal agents found Abed's e-mails on his laptop, prompting Jams Comey, then director of the FBI, to reopen an investigation into the private messaging server that Clinton had used during his tenure as US Secretary of State.