Rep. Anthony Weiner tells friends he is stepping down.
According to the New York Times and other news outlest, the troubled Congressman is leaving his post as the U.S. Representative for New York’s 9th congressional district, which includes parts of southern Brooklyn and south and central Queens.
ABC has confirmsed that Rep. Weiner will resign this afternoon in a press conference in the NYC area.
As Reported By ABC News:
Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York plans to leave office after days of mounting pressure from congressional Democrats following hisembarrassing admission of risque online chats and photo swaps with multiple women while married to Huma Abedin.
Weiner, 46, called House leaders Wednesday night at a White House picnic to inform them he would resign today, sources tell ABC News.
He has begun sharing his decision with close friends, the sources said, but has yet to send a formal letter to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo or House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, indicating his intentions.
A Democratic source said Weiner called House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Steve Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Wednesday night at the picnic.
