Clinton aides wanted to 'get Huma the hell out of there' when her pervert husband's FIRST sexting disgrace emerged - but she stood by him for another five years 

  • Clinton aides exchanged emails about Anthony Weiner in 2011 as the then-lawmakers sexting first got exposed
  • Their immediate concern was his wife, longtime aide Huma Abedin
  • 'Time to get in the haz mat suits,' wrote press aide Jennifer Palmieri

By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.s. Political Editor For Dailymail.com In White Plains, New York

Published: 10:58 EDT, 4 November 2016 | Updated: 11:47 EDT, 4 November 2016

Hillary Clinton's campaign team wanted to get longtime aide Huma Abedin 'the hell out' of her apartment as Rep. Anthony Weiner's career began collapsing around him when word of his crotch shots and sexting scandal first broke.

 'Time to get in the haz mat suits,' wrote Hillary Clinton's now communications director Jennifer Palmieri on June 10, 2011,' according to a hacked email posted by WikiLeaks.

Palmieri wrote the message while she was working at the Center for American Progress, which employed Clinton's campaign team in-waiting.

'Time to get in the haz mat suits,' was the subject line of a message Palmieri sent to now-campaign chair John Podesta and longtime Clinton advisor Neera Tanden, who were both also at CAP. 

'Bust in that house and get Huma the hell out of there,' Palmieri wrote, in a hacked email reported by the New York Post.

At the time, Weiner and Abedin were holed up inside their Washington, D.C. home, with reporters staked out outside.

NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT: Abedin attended a fundraiser in Washington, D.C. Thursday even as her husband became an issue in the presidential race

DIRTY LAUNDRY: A close Clinton aide wanted to 'bust in that house' to rescue Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin when her husband Anthony Weiner's world began collapsing around him. The two remained married after Weiner's sexting scandal

The  email provides the first glimpse of the horror running through Clinton-world when the Weiner scandal first broke. The then-New York Congressman had accidentally sent out a crotch shot on online. He first claimed to have been hacked, only to reverse himself and admit he had sent the tweet.

Six days after Palmieri sent the message, Weiner announced he would quit Congress amid a media frenzy at a raucous press conference.

Weiner said at the time he would seek help for his problem, but was soon revealed to have engaged in habitual sexting. 

Abedin ended up staying with Weiner for five years as the two went through the birth of their son, Jordan, now 4, and raised him.

Weiner is causing headaches to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign years after her aides fretted about its impact on Huma Abedin

But her husband's lewd behavior threw Clinton's campaign for a loop when it was revealed the FBI had uncovered Clinton emails on Weiner's laptop, which the FBI is examining in connection with a probe of whether Weiner sexted with an underage girl. 

On Thursday, Donald Trump released a campaign ad that featured 'pervert' Weiner and linked him to Clinton through Abedin, saying Clinton would be 'unfit' to serve as president. 

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