{"id":928958,"date":"2021-10-27T15:14:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T19:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=928958"},"modified":"2021-10-27T15:14:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T19:14:43","slug":"huma-abedin-claims-sex-assault-by-u-s-senator-in-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huma-abedin-claims-sex-assault-by-u-s-senator-in-new-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Huma Abedin Claims Sex Assault By U.S. Senator In New Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhuma-abedin-claims-sex-assault-by-u-s-senator-in-new-book%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=928958&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Huma Abedin, a former top aide to Hillary Clinton, claims in a new book that she was once sexually assaulted by a U.S. senator.<\/p>\n<p>Hawking a new book, \u201cBoth\/And: A Life in Many Worlds,\u201d Abedin said the assault occurred in the mid-2000s while she working as an aide to then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/oct\/26\/huma-abedin-sexual-assault-us-senator-book-memoir\">according<\/a> to The Guardian, which obtained an advance copy of the book. Abedin does not identify the senator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbedin \u2014 the estranged wife of serial pervert&nbsp;and ex-con former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner \u2014 said the assault happened after a dinner attended by \u2018a few senators and their aides,&#8217;\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/26\/huma-abedin-claims-sex-assault-by-us-senator-in-new-book\/\">according<\/a> to The New York Post. \u201cClinton, for whom she served as a longtime right hand, was not there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ended up walking out with one of the senators, and soon we stopped in front of his building and he invited me in for coffee,\u201d Abedin writes, said the Post. \u201cOnce inside, he told me to make myself comfortable on the couch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She writes that the senator then took off his sport coat, rolled up his sleeves and then made some coffee as they chatted.&nbsp;Then he \u201cplopped down to my right, put his left arm around my shoulder, and kissed me, pushing his tongue into my mouth, pressing me back on the sofa,\u201d she said, according to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was so utterly shocked, I pushed him away,\u201d Abedin writes. \u201cAll I wanted was for the last 10 seconds to be erased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senator, Abedin said, apologized and told her he had \u201cmisread\u201d the situation, then asked if she wanted to stay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen I said something only the twentysomething version of me would have come up with \u2014 \u2018I am so sorry\u2019 \u2014 and walked out, trying to appear as nonchalant as possible,\u201d Abedin writes.<\/p>\n<p>Abedin said she didn\u2019t think of the incident again until allegations of attempted sexual assault emerged against then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In a Vogue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/huma-abedin-memoir-excerpt\">excerpt<\/a> from the book, set to be released November 2, Abedin also recounts when the sex allegations came out about her husband.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still remember everything about where we were in that moment, the white shaggy rug, the wooden staircase, the front door ajar, the sofa to my left. Anthony opened his mouth to speak and, as though a dam wall burst, words came flooding out. He said that he couldn\u2019t stand lying anymore. His body shook as he tried to choke back tears,\u201d she write.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huma Abedin, a former top aide to Hillary Clinton, claims in a new book that she was once sexually assaulted by a U.S. senator.Hawking a new book, \u201cBoth\/And: A Life in Many Worlds,\u201d Abedin said the assault occurred in the mid-2000s while she working as an aide to then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, \u00a0according to The Guardian, which obtained an advance copy of the book. Abedin does not identify the senator.\u201cAbedin \u2014 the estranged wife of serial pervert\u00a0and ex-con former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner \u2014 said the assault happened after a dinner attended by \u2018a few senators and their aides,&#8217;\u201d according to The New York Post. \u201cClinton, for whom she served as a longtime right hand, was not there.\u201d\u201cI ended up walking out with one of the senators, and soon we stopped in front of his building and he invited me in for coffee,\u201d Abedin writes, said the Post. \u201cOnce inside, he told me to make myself comfortable on the couch.\u201dShe writes that the senator then took off his sport coat, rolled up his sleeves and then made some coffee as they chatted.\u00a0Then he \u201cplopped down to my right, put his left arm around my shoulder, and kissed me, pushing his tongue into my mouth, pressing me back on the sofa,\u201d she said, according to the Post.\u201cI was so utterly shocked, I pushed him away,\u201d Abedin writes. \u201cAll I wanted was for the last 10 seconds to be erased.\u201dThe senator, Abedin said, apologized and told her he had \u201cmisread\u201d the situation, then asked if she wanted to stay.\u201cThen I said something only the twentysomething version of me would have come up with \u2014 \u2018I am so sorry\u2019 \u2014 and walked out, trying to appear as nonchalant as possible,\u201d Abedin writes.Abedin said she didn\u2019t think of the incident again until allegations of attempted sexual assault emerged against then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.In a Vogue excerpt from the book, set to be released November 2, Abedin also recounts when the sex allegations came out about her husband.\u201cI still remember everything about where we were in that moment, the white shaggy rug, the wooden staircase, the front door ajar, the sofa to my left. Anthony opened his mouth to speak and, as though a dam wall burst, words came flooding out. He said that he couldn\u2019t stand lying anymore. His body shook as he tried to choke back tears,\u201d she write.\u201cOver the next few minutes, he admitted he had intended to send the picture as a direct message with someone he had befriended over Twitter, but accidentally posted it publicly and deleted it (but not before someone had screen-grabbed it), that it had been a tawdry joke, a dare, it didn\u2019t mean anything and he was ashamed and embarrassed and sorry that he had brought this upon us. I felt something explode inside my chest, and suddenly it was hard to breathe. I was simultaneously filled with rage and stunned to my core. It felt like a bolt of lightning had struck me and run straight through my body.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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