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PICTURES: Seven Steps to Weiner’s Departure

By Ethan Klapper

Updated: June 16, 2011 | 4:32 p.m.
June 16, 2011 | 11:30 a.m.

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 16:  U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) announces his resignation June 16, 2011 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The resignation comes ten days after the congressman admitted to sending lewd photos of himself on Twitter to multiple women.  (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., resigned on June 16 as a result of the ongoing scandal involving lewd messages and images he sent women using social media. Here are seven key events that led to Weiner’s departure:

 

 

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