Donald Trump on Friday suggested that one of Hillary Clinton’s top aides, Huma Abedin, shared classified information with her husband, Anthony Weiner, who Trump labeled a “perv.”
Trump said at an event in Massachusetts that Abedin “is getting classified secrets” due to her proximity to Clinton, who used a private server as secretary of state for official business.
“Think of it, Huma is getting classified secrets, she’s married to Anthony Weiner, who’s a perv. He is,” Trump told supporters. “It all sort of came through Huma — who is Huma married to, one of the great sleazebags of our time.”
Weiner, a former New York City congressman and later a mayoral candidate, has admitted to repeatedly engaging in sexting with young women.
Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill defended Abedin from Trump’s comments in a tweet, blasting the suggestion that she shared classified information with Weiner.
“There is no place for patently false, personal attacks against a staff member,” Merrill said. “He should be ashamed of himself.”