Ex-congressman Weiner leaves halfway house, hopes for 'life of integrity'

Former Rep. Anthony Weiner leaves a New York City halfway house after completing his prison sentence for illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl.

“It’s good to be out,” the disgraced former congressman says, according to the New York Post. “I hope to be able to live a life of integrity and service. I’m glad this chapter of my life is behind me.”

Weiner, a once-rising star in the Democratic Party who served in Congress for nearly 12 years, had been living in the halfway house since February after serving most of his 21-month prison sentence at a prison in Massachusetts. He still faces three years of court supervision.

Anthony Weiner leaves federal court in New York after pleading guilty to a charge of sending sexual material to a minor, May 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Weiner pleaded guilty in May 2017 to transferring obscene material to a minor.

— AP