Huma Abedin, longtime aide to Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, attends a Clinton campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., July 5, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Huma Abedin in 2016.
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  • Huma Abedin, a longtime Hillary Clinton aide, said her anger towards husband Anthony Weiner "almost killed me."
  • Weiner, a former congressman, made national headlines following multiple scandals with women during their marriage.
  • Abedin recently revealed in a new memoir that an unnamed US senator attempted to kiss her without her consent.

Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to Hillary Clinton, said her anger towards disgraced former Democratic New York congressman Anthony Weiner "almost killed me" in an interview on "CBS Sunday Morning."

Anchor Norah O' Donnell asked if Abedin was "angry" with Weiner – who was released from prison in 2019 after serving a 21-month sentence for sexting a minor.

"I can't live in that space anymore," Abedin responded. "I tried that. It almost killed me."

Weiner's conviction came after having online relationships and sending explicit photos to women during their marriage. Weiner and Abedin got married in 2010 and later separated in 2016 following multiple public scandals, more specifically after a photo published by the New York Post showed Weiner in boxers with his son next to him in bed, as Insider previously reported.

"After a long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, I have made the decision to separate from my husband," she said in a statement during the time.

Now, the former couple is finalizing their divorce, according to CBS. During the interview, O'Donnell asked where Abedin's relationship stands with Weiner today.

"We're good. He is my co-parent," Abedin said. "And I learned the full truth, I processed it and moved on. I wish him well. He, I hope, wishes me well. I think he does."

Abedin wrote in a new book, "Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds," that a senator forcibly kissed her in 2005.

She reportedly wrote that the unidentified senator invited her to his building for coffee and then suddenly kissed her, "pushing his tongue into my mouth, pressing me back on the sofa."

Her story has prompted concern among senators about the unnamed man's behavior toward other women, as Insider's Nicole Gaudiano reported.

It's unclear whether the unnamed man is still in the Senate or whether Abedin filed a complaint at the time.

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