Anthony Weiner stiffed by Huma Abedin as ex-wife donates $175 to NYC politics bid
Huma Abedin stiffed ex-hubby Anthony Weiner with a lowball $175 donation for his comeback campaign for City Council, well short of the maximum contribution limit.
She could have given up to $1,050.
Abedin, 48, a longtime confidante of Hillary Clinton, divorced the sexting ex-con Weiner and is now engaged to Alexander Soros.
She and Weiner have a son, Jordan.
Huma’s sister, Heba, also kicked in $150 for Weiner’s bid to win a seat in District 2 on the East Side of Manhattan, records filed with the Campaign Finance Board show.
Weiner donated $175 to his campaign, listing his occupation as “Red Apple media host.”
Before his latest bid for Council, Weiner had a gig on 770 WABC radio.
Weiner is the 60-year-old perv whose sexting scandal prompted an embarrassing exit from public office more than a decade ago, culminating in a criminal conviction and prison time for sexting a 15-year-old girl.
He did some hard time.
But Weiner — like Andrew Cuomo, the ex-governor who resigned from office and is now running for mayor, is trying to get back in the political game.
“Huma gave a minimal investment to Anthony. She did what she had to do,” said political consultant George Arzt, noting they have a son.
Weiner may have made a soft rather hard sell when soliciting a donation from Abedin, said one campaign strategist.
“For all we know, that’s all he asked her for,” election veteran election lawyer Jerry Goldfeder said of the $175 donation, which can be used to generate public matching funds.
Weiner suggested he only asked Abedin for $175 to qualify for matching public funds.
“She gave the maximum matchable amount. The same amount I gave,” he told The Post.
“If I win by one vote,” Weiner said, “I’ll know who to thank.”
But there were other donors who gave more: business mogul Alexander Rovt and his wife, Olga, donated $1,000 apiece.
Weiner previously served in the Council, representing Brooklyn, before his election to Congress.
“Anthony is an attention addict,” said former Brooklyn Councilman Sal Albanese, who served with Weiner in the Council.
“Running for office again is another way for him to get attention and eventually self-destruct. I always thought he was a little unstable.”
Weiner is running for a lower Manhattan seat that includes the Lower East Side, Greenwich Village, Gramercy Park and Murray Hill/ Kips Bay.
His rivals in the Democratic primary include state Assemblyman Harvey Epstein, whose name was spoofed in a “Saturday Night Live” skit last fall: Community Board 3 chairwoman Andrea Gordillo, former aide to Bill de Blasio Sarah Batchu and Allison Ryan.
Abedin declined to comment.
