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  Weiner campaign paid private eye $45,000 to investigate own 2011 Twitter ‘hacking’ lie, reports show
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Last EditedIndyGeorgia  Jul 28, 2013 03:57pm
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AuthorGreg B. Smith
MediaNewspaper - New York Daily News
News DateSunday, July 28, 2013 09:55:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionSerial sexter Anthony Weiner paid a private eye nearly $45,000 in campaign cash to investigate his lie that a hacker posted a crotch shot on his Twitter feed, campaign spending records show.

Weiner’s brazen attempt to cover his tracks occurred shortly after Memorial Day weekend in 2011, when his first sexting scandal erupted and he went into furious spin control trying to save his career in Congress.

He maintained that he had been victimized — and promised an investigation to get to the bottom of how it happened.

“They’ll be looking into whether someone had my password,” he told CNN.
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