Anthony Weiner Twitter Photo Scandal: A Timeline (PHOTOS)

In a little over a week, congressman Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) has gone from a rising progressive star to a man clinging to hopes of a political future.

The seeds of Weiner's demise were sown in mid-May, when a woman reached out to Big Government's Andrew Breitbart and told him about her online affair with the congressman.

Scroll through the photos below to see how the scandal unfolded:

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Andrew Breitbart is contacted by Meagan Broussard, who tells him she's been having an intimate online relationship with Weiner.

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[abbadabba]

11:28 AM on 06/12/2011

So Breitbart didn't even need Dan Wolfe? He had all he needed from the woman who contacted him? I hear Wolfe is cracking up, in the bad way. Way to manage your sources, Briegthbart. You hack.

[Maryann Rutka]

11:09 AM on 06/09/2011

Jewish men always dab in a little fun with christian or other faiths except their own, but stick with their wives always. I knew many men of the Jewish faith like that unfortunately. We are called Goy's if not misspelled!!

[Judy Greenwood]

07:01 AM on 06/09/2011

I hope he weathers his very bad judgement and does not resign, leadership is not about sex! He is a voice we need.

[Krisgi]

03:57 AM on 06/09/2011

His private life. Non-issue.

[NonConforming]

08:41 PM on 06/08/2011

Bill Clinton “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky,”
“I never told anybody to lie, not a single time — never.”

No wonder Weiner had Bill officiate at his wedding. He needed an known liar and philanderer as his cover.

[jwald1]

11:02 PM on 06/08/2011

who was newts, at his first, second or third, who was ensigns,who was vitters, who was sandfords,who was craigs?

[nedlog]

12:10 AM on 06/09/2011

Doesn't matter. That's all history. It's all about Weiner now ... and the I relish every delicious moment of his take down. Wait until the next lewd photo is released ... LOL.

[Nature Freak]

08:32 PM on 06/08/2011

I hope Huma and Anthony are able to work on their marriage and save it.

BTW, to hate Weiner because of his stupid decisions is wrong. But we have the right to be frustrated

[Nature Freak]

08:29 PM on 06/08/2011

I am frustrated. I have been tying to support Anthony Weiner for days, telling people even if something happened it was between Huma and Anthony, and it was consensual with the other women baring any other news. I defended him to right wingers on different forums, Teabaggers who use ridiculous terms like sexual deviant or even hint worse, I have ended up with having many heated on line arguments.
In many marriages rough spots happen. What Weiner did was wrong, but considering the human condition, nothing that out of the ordinary in these times. I even used humor to defend him. Personally I believe because sexting is relatively new in our civilization we are still working through it in our culture

But it all fell apart.
The cover up is worse than the crime.
Now I am eating humble pie.
This issue has been blown out of proportion, but Weiner did not help his defenders.
I have quit trying to defend Anthony on right leaning news websites. The teabaggers desire for vengance shows their true colors

[dahmady]

06:47 PM on 06/08/2011

we love Mr. weiner
every one make mistake

[corte33]

06:23 PM on 06/08/2011

Hey! Weiner is in good shape, at least physically if not emotionally.

[cobarde]

05:50 PM on 06/08/2011

I think the guy is stupid, bue also his big Huma mouth should of have that wwiner in his maouth more often. Them he will not have time to play around lol

[PRR Fan]

04:51 PM on 06/08/2011

All of those stories from Media Matters and the Daily Kos "proving" how Weiner was hacked and Breitbart was the man who did it seem conspicuous by their absence from this story.

[scoobydoo52476]

01:47 PM on 06/08/2011

we still love you you big weenie.........

[howeverfaraway]

09:02 AM on 06/09/2011

Yeah, I wish I could quit him......

[citizen of the universe]

01:32 PM on 06/08/2011

The whole problem with this story is Breitbart. What was he doing and how did he get the information. Was he "monitoring" Weiner's tweets, and why does he feel it necessary to "hold on" to some x-rated photos and/or openly blackmail the Congressman on TV? Breitbart, if you got it bring it out! Mr. Weiner, for all this trouble you should have just done the deed instead of sending a picture.

[Sophiedo]

02:41 PM on 06/08/2011

Yep now there's a story.

[LLONNAR]

07:55 PM on 06/08/2011

The Girl Alerted him to what Weiner was doing knowing that Breitbart would know how to handle it. Breitbart isn't the scumb bag, Weiner is.

[Bluesue]

11:09 AM on 06/08/2011

I'm offended by his recklessness and poor judgment.

According to a story in today's NY Times, he knew he was being monitored by a group calling itself bornfreecrew. They would send messages to the women Weiner was following warning them about him. In several instances Weiner stopped following them.

But that Dan Wolfe, PatriotUSA76, seems to be a rather shady figure in all this. From the article:

"Mr. Wolfe, whose account vanished from Twitter last Friday, has been one of the more mysterious characters in the congressman’s saga, refusing to reveal his real name even to the other members of the #bornfreecrew. He joined Twitter on Jan. 6 and began posting multiple messages criticizing both Mr. Weiner and his wife, Huma Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/nyregion/conservative-group-scanned-weiners-posts-warned-women.html?ref=nyregion

Wolfe and some of his followers formed this group scrutinizing Weiner and Wolfe''s purpose seemed to be to take down Weiner. I wonder if he wasn't an operative for some rightwing group.

[PRR Fan]

04:50 PM on 06/08/2011

Did you read the part where Wiener admitted that this was him and that he'd been doing similar things with 6 other women? Even if this Wolfe character was a rightwing operative, he couldn't do anything had not Wiener exposed himself, literally and figuratively, to begin with.

[Bluesue]

10:20 PM on 06/08/2011

Yes and it wouldn't surprise me at all if there aren't more women possibly even underage..

And that he continued this behavior even after he knew his activities were being scrutinized is unbelievable and demonstrates very poor judgment. Did he enjoy the risk? The immaturity was also shocking.

I don't defend what Weiner did and it just gets worse by the day but there's something fishy about the Wolfe guy. You're right though that he couldn't have revealed anything if there wasn't something there.

[Juggernauzt]

05:20 PM on 06/08/2011

Dan Wolfe sounds like a HERO to me. Why because he was warning young girls.

The NY Times is slandering a hero and as usual the creepy scummy far left liberal style that some of their so called writers adhere to is UNAMERICAN.

Were Americans, we do not smear hero's and protectors of innocence.

[Bluesue]

10:26 PM on 06/08/2011

No, Republicans just cut food assistance and medical care for children. They only care about children before birth. After birth they treat children like leeches who are going to take their money. Some protectors of innocence.

[jwald1]

11:17 PM on 06/08/2011

i think john McCain and John Kerry would beg to differ. both were smeared by the bush machine. (and it is we're).

[Flacracker]

10:47 AM on 06/08/2011

If Brietbart is involved any credibility is forfeit.

[Juggernauzt]

05:23 PM on 06/08/2011

You don't know what credibility is.