{"id":47714,"date":"2016-09-01T19:12:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T23:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=47714"},"modified":"2016-09-01T19:12:55","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T23:12:55","slug":"childrens-services-launches-anthony-weiner-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=47714","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s Services launches Anthony Weiner probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->By Larry Celona, Kevin Fasick and Bruce Golding<br \/>\nNew York Post<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160831-weiner-child-services-feature.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47716\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160831-weiner-child-services-feature.jpg\" alt=\"160831-weiner-child-services-feature\" width=\"664\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160831-weiner-child-services-feature.jpg 664w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160831-weiner-child-services-feature-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Child-welfare officials are investigating Anthony Weiner in the wake of The Post\u2019s exclusive report that <a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/08\/28\/anthony-weiner-sexted-busty-brunette-while-his-son-was-in-bed-with-him\/\">he sent a lewd selfie that showed his young son lying in bed next to him<\/a>, sources said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The probe of Weiner was launched by the Administration for Children\u2019s Services over his handling of 4-year-old son Jordan, a city government source told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Agency protocol requires a home visit within 48 hours, and ACS showed up at Weiner and estranged wife Huma Abedin\u2019s Union Square apartment building on Tuesday, a worker there confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Such initial visits are meant to ensure that a possibly at-risk child has a room to sleep in and food to eat, the government source said.<\/p>\n<p>Exclusive video shot by The Post <a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/08\/30\/anthony-weiner-tries-really-hard-to-avoid-post-reporter\/\">showed Weiner leaving his building alone<\/a> around 6 a.m. Tuesday, and it was unclear if ACS gained access to his apartment.<\/p>\n<p>Weiner said early Wednesday that he had not been visited or interviewed by ACS.<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t return a request for comment later in the day, after The Post confirmed the probe arising from his latest \u2014 and gravest \u2014 online indiscretion.<\/p>\n<p>Weiner, 51, quit Congress over a sexting scandal in 2011, then saw a 2013 comeback bid for mayor collapse when he was revealed to have sent a woman a photo of his privates using the pseudonym \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/01\/25\/a-long-hard-look-into-anthony-weiners-downfall\/\">Carlos Danger<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>A gallery of photos from Anthony Weiner\u2019s latest sexting scandal:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/weiner_37.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47715\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/weiner_37.jpg\" alt=\"weiner_37\" width=\"387\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/weiner_37.jpg 387w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/weiner_37-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/a>Anthony Weiner poses with his son in this kinky shot he sent to the latest object of his online lust.<\/h5>\n<p><strong>________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. (D-Bronx) \u2014 who on Monday publicly demanded an ACS investigation of Weiner \u2014 called confirmation of the probe \u201cgood news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPraise the Lord. Every child should be protected,\u201d said Diaz, who is also founder and pastor of the evangelical Christian Community Neighborhood Church in The Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>Diaz said he tried to personally call ACS Commissioner Gladys Carrion to ensure an investigation, but got blown off by her staff.<\/p>\n<p>Diaz said Wednesday\u2019s Post front-page story revealing that Weiner boasted of using his son as a \u201cchick magnet\u201d provided even more evidence that an investigation was warranted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe baby is being used for sex. Who uses a baby to get girls? That baby is being abused,\u201d Diaz said.<\/p>\n<p>The Bronx pol also expressed concern that Weiner\u2019s high-level political ties \u2014 Abedin is a longtime, trusted aide to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton \u2014 could affect the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWeiner has powerful friends. He has a powerful wife. He\u2019s not a John Doe out in the street,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Catholic League President Bill Donohue filed a report of suspected child abuse with the state Office of Children and Family Services, citing the two Post reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would appear that Mr. Weiner\u2019s sexual exploitation of his child meets the definition of child sexual abuse .\u2009.\u2009. Please investigate this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Donohue\u2019s complaint lists both Weiner and Abedin, who declined comment.<\/p>\n<p>Abedin, 41, announced she was separating from Weiner on Monday morning, hours after The Post published her hubby\u2019s disturbing crotch shot featuring their son.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Weiner should have learned his lesson years ago:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/4137224153001\/default_default\/index.html?videoId=5103413852001\" width=\"618\" height=\"348\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/08\/31\/childrens-services-launches-anthony-weiner-probe\/\">http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/08\/31\/childrens-services-launches-anthony-weiner-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}