Andrew Breitbart

Andrew Breitbart: I Saved Anthony Weiner From Blackmail (VIDEO)

Evan McMorris-Santoro | June 20, 2011, 1:05PM

Conservative Blogger Andrew Breitbart

Andrew Breitbart says he saved Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) from an inevitable extortion scandal when he helped publicize the graphic tweet that led to Weiner's downfall.

Breitbart gleefully took partial credit for Weiner's resignation in his speech at the RightOnline conference in Minneapolis this weekend. In an impromptu interview, Breitbart says that he holds all sex scandal-plagued politicians in the same negative light, regardless of party.

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Anthony Weiner

Breitbart: 'I Loved Every Second Of It, Congressman Weiner'

Evan McMorris-Santoro | June 17, 2011, 10:42PM

Andrew Breitbart

MINNEAPOLIS -- Andrew Breitbart didn't talk much about Rep. Anthony Weiner at his RightOnline keynote here Friday night, but the disgraced New York Democrat was never far from his mind.

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Andrew Breitbart (Briefly) Crashes Netroots Nation, Commotion Ensues

Evan McMorris-Santoro | June 17, 2011, 2:59PM

Andrew Breitbart

MINNEAPOLIS -- There will be no Weiner-style gatecrashing from Andrew Breitbart at the Netroots Nation conference here.

That is, unless Breitbart wants to pony up $355 for a ticket.

With the annual conservative Right Online conference just down the street from Netroots Nation, it was inevitable that some sort of shenanigan would occur in Minneapolis this week. And so it did, early Friday afternoon when Breitbart, camera crew in tow, showed up at Netroots unannounced and uncredentialed.

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Anthony Weiner

Andrew Breitbart Crashes Anthony Weiner's Press Conference

Evan McMorris-Santoro | June 6, 2011, 4:21PM

Conservative media showman Andrew Brietbart took the microphone this afternoon at a press conference scheduled for Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY). TPM's Eric Lach is on scene for the presser and sent these dispatches:

"He was on the side when a few reporters noticed him. Then suddenly swarmed. So then he strolls up to the podium," Lach reports. "I don't know if he got permission or what. Now just ended after someone in back yells "thank you" and he says thank you and gets off stage. "

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Anthony Weiner

Weiner To Hold Press Conference As New Photos Surface

Benjy Sarlin | June 6, 2011, 3:14PM

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY)

Watch live video of the press conference here.

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) has scheduled a 4 p.m. ET press conference in New York City following the publication by conservative media guru Andrew Breitbart of a set of photos allegedly depicting a shirtless Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) that were allegedly emailed by Weiner to an female admirer. The Weiner press conference also comes after reports in the Star tabloid and Radaronline.com that another woman had provided them with a series of sexually oriented texts between herself and the married Weiner from earlier this year.

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[CORRECTED] Rep. Schakowsky to Andrew Breitbart: Leave Weiner Alone!

Igor Bobic | June 1, 2011, 1:39PM

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY)

Correction: The comments of Rep. Schakowsky were incorrectly attributed to Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) in the original version of this post. We regret the error.
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Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) fiercely defended Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) Wednesday as he continues to be bombarded by the press over a lewd picture of an unidentified man's crotch that appeared on his Twitter account, accusing conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart of unfairly targeting Weiner and distorting his image.

"I am well aware of Andrew Breitbart, his chasing around with microphones in my face, his distortions [of] ACORN and Shirley Sherrod ... he has in my view no credibility whatsoever," Schakowsky said. "I have no belief that there's anything going on with Anthony Weiner, who also happens to be a happy, pretty lucky newlywed."

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