By Andy Kroll
Anthony Weiner has no one to blame but himself for tweeting out lewd photos and engaging in racy conversation with women via Twitter, text message, telephone, and Facebook. But Weiner, who resigned from Congress last week, had plenty of enemies, and new evidence suggests they might have used sleazy tactics in an attempt to tar his reputation.
As the New York Times reported, a pair of Twitter users ginned up fake identities and, months before he tweeted revealing photos of himself, actively sought out the New York Congressman, an active Twitter user. One user pretended to be a 16-year-old high school student named "Nikki Reid," and another posed as her classmate "Marianela Alicea." Via Twitter, "Reid" repeatedly tried to get Weiner to be her prom date. "Alicea," meanwhile, contacted a group of conservative activists who used the moniker #bornfreecrew and claimed to have embarrassing information about Weiner. (That information was never produced.)
More here: Anthony Weiner and the Mystery of the Fake Twitter Handles | Mother Jones.
