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LAS VEGAS — In a twist that could happen only in 2016, Donald Trump is giving thanks to disgraced former Democratic congressman Anthony Weiner.
Weiner is earning kudos from Trump, the Republican presidential nominee — who has called him a "pervert" and a "major sleaze" in the past — because the federal investigation into his alleged explicit messaging with a minor, which yielded a second FBI review of emails potentially related to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's private server.
"We never thought we were going to say 'thank you' to Anthony Weiner," Trump joked with his audience at one of conservative casino magnate Sheldon Adelson's Venetian Hotel ballrooms.
Trump Gives a Grateful Shout Out to ... Anthony Weiner - NBC News