Embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner, announced at a press conference Thursday that he is resigning from Congress, making him the first congressman whose career was wrecked by indiscretions on Twitter.
Weiner, who mistakenly tweeted a photo of his underwear-clad erection last month and then lied to cover it up, had been under escalating pressure to quit as one embarrassing revelation after another came to light. The New York Times was first to report on Thursday that he had succumbed to that pressure.
Congressional leaders had been slated to meet Thursday to hash out a strategy regarding Weiner's fate. Most of the House leadership had already called for his resignation, and President Obama made a similar suggestion in an interview Tuesday.
A day after Obama's interview, Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, returned from a weeklong trip to Africa with her boss, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Also on Wednesday, former porn actress Ginger Lee, who had exchanged emails and messages with Weiner, held a bizarre press conference in which she claimed he had urged her to lie about their communication.
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