The Corner

‘I’m Just a Citizen’

That’s Rep. Anthony Weiner’s (D., N.Y.) defense for why he has not requested a police investigation into the alleged hacking of his Twitter account. Fox News’ Bret Baier told Weiner in an interview on Wednesday that it takes just “one call to the FBI,” who could then “within five minutes” determine the IP address from which the photo was sent and conclusively confirm or deny Weiner’s allegation of hacking. But the embattled Congressman apparently isn’t in any rush to publicly exonerate himself. “I’m just a citizen,” Weiner said. “I don’t think this is a federal case, I don’t think this is the second rising of bin Laden.”

 

 

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Andrew StilesAndrew Stiles is a political reporter for National Review Online. He previously worked at the Washington Free Beacon, and was an intern at The Hill newspaper. Stiles is a 2009 ...
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