Summary : Serving seven consecutive terms| Anthony Weiner| good friends with and political allies to the Clintons| was once a highly respected
member of Congress from New York City| he seen as a man sticking up for the every day person. That all changed in June| 2011 when he was forced to resign in disgrace
after admitting that he did tweet lewd "headless" photos of himself from his public Twitter account to women he met online| and that it was not the work of a hacker
or that the photos were of someone else. At the time| his wife Huma Abedin| herself a key aide to Hillary
Clinton| was pregnant with their first child| she who decided to stand by her man. Two years later with Abedin still by his side| Weiner tries to resurrect his
political career in a run for New York City mayor. He realizes that he has an uphill battle not only because of the known previously tweeted photos| but that there
are other lewd photos from that era that may also come to light during the campaign.
Many politicians have seen their careers careen off the tracks, but few instances have been captured so completely on film as the incisive and painfully funny Weiner. With unprecedented access to Anthony Weiner, his family, and his campaign team as they mount his New York City mayoral campaign, the film documents the impending political meltdown of epic proportions. What begins as an unexpected comeback from a disgraced ex-congressman takes a sharp turn once Weiner is forced to admit to new sexting allegations. As the media descends and rips apart his every move, Weiner tries desperately to forge ahead, but the increasing pressure and crippling 24-hour news coverage halts his political aspirations dead in their tracks.