Flanking her husband, Anthony Weiner, at a press conference in the wake of new revelations that he continued his sexually explicit exchanges with young women after his resignation from Congress in June 2011, Huma Abedin delivered an emotional statement to reporters. Her voice wavering at points, she said, “I love him, I have forgiven him, I believe in him and, as we have said from the beginning, we are moving forward.” 
 
 The adviser to former secretary of state Hillary Clinton acknowledged that her marriage to Weiner has “had its ups and its downs,” but said that, with a “whole lot of work and a whole lot of therapy,” the couple has made an effort to overcome their marital difficulties. Her husband, she said, made “horrible mistakes both before he resigned from Congress and after.” 
 
 Abedin said that she chose to remain in the marriage “for me, for our son, and for our family.” 
 
 The website The Dirty on Tuesday posted sexually-explicit exchanges and photographs provided by a source who claimed that she corresponded with Weiner until at least August 2012, over a year after he resigned from Congress. The source told the website that Weiner had offered to help her get a job and arranged to purchase a condominium for her in Chicago, where he planned to meet her for sexual encounters. 
 
 Abedin has maintained a low profile in public since Weiner left office, though she maintained her position as a senior adviser to Clinton, but has recently emerged on the campaign trail with Weiner. Today marked her first appearance at a press conference with her husband. ||||| Anthony Weiner said Tuesday he's not dropping out of the New York City mayoral race in light of newly revealed explicit online correspondence with a young woman. 
 
 FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2011, file photo, Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin pose for photographs after the ceremonial swearing in of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Abedin, who... (Associated Press) 
 
 Weiner admitted to exchanging racy photos and having X-rated chats with a woman he met online. He had resigned his Congressional seat in June 2011 after acknowledging having sexual conversations with at least a half-dozen women. 
 
 Weiner reiterated at a news conference that he put such behavior behind him before deciding to run for mayor. His wife, Huma Abedin, stood by him, saying Weiner "made some horrible mistakes," but that she has forgiven him and believes in him. 
 
 The newly revealed correspondence was posted Monday by the gossip website The Dirty. The woman involved was not identified. She says their online relationship began in July 2012 and lasted for six months. 
 
 The married ex-congressman had predicted more texts and photos might come out. Since re-entering public life this spring, he has apologized repeatedly for his behavior. He also has been near the top of most mayoral polls since entering the race. ||||| Huma Abedin, Anthony Weiner’s wife, said new sexual photos that have come forward today has been painful but for the most part the episode has been put behind them. 
 
 “Anthony’s made some horrible mistakes, both before he resigned from Congress and after,” she said. “I love him … I have forgiven him … we are moving forward.” 
 
 She said that their marriage has had its ups and downs. “It took a lot of work and a lot of therapy… it was not an easy choice in any way but I made the decision that it was worth staying in this marriage.” 
 
 “I didn’t know how it would work out, but I did know that I wanted to give it a try,” she said. 
 
 Weiner said that he has put the sexting incidents behind him and he and his wife are doing a lot better. The press conference was called after a new series of correspondence between him and a woman while he used the an online handle “Carlos Danger” came to light on July 23. 
 
 Weiner resigned as U.S. congressman in 2011 after he admitted sending sexually explicit photos of himself, or sexting, to women online. He said on Tuesday that his last time doing this was “sometime last summer.” He is currently a candidate for New York City mayor. 
 
 Abedin works for Hilary Clinton. 
 
 Also on July 23, Bill de Blasio, current public advocate for New York City and fellow mayoral candidate to Weiner, called for Weiner to withdraw from the race. 
 
 “People are hurting in this city. They are looking to this election for a mayor to address the issues they care about,” de Blasio said. “But the sideshows of this election have gotten in the way of this event.”
– Huma Abedin didn't just stand by husband Anthony Weiner's side today as he fessed up to sexting even after his resignation from Congress—she personally defended him as he announced he was staying in the race for New York City mayor. “Anthony’s made some horrible mistakes, both before he resigned from Congress and after,” she said, as per the Epoch Times. But “I love him. I have forgiven him. I believe in him, and, as we have said from the beginning, we are moving forward." She added that their marriage has survived thanks to a "whole lot of work and a whole lot of therapy," reports the National Review. As for Weiner, he confirmed in the press conference that the raunchy texts which surfaced today were his, although that was never in much doubt, thanks to his dropping of details about things like his family's one-eyed cat, notes the New York Post. And he said he had no intention of leaving the mayoral race, reports AP. "This is entirely behind me," he said. The anonymous woman who emerged today says she and Weiner were exchanging texts as recently as last summer, more than a year after his resignation.