The public relations firm that decided to put Anthony Weiner on its board of advisers this summer is losing clients that don't want to be associated with the disgraced former congressman, according to the New York Post.
Weiner was hired in July by MWW, owned by major Democratic fundraiser Michael Kempner, as a "expert on public policy" that will "not be expected to service clients directly."
The promise of not having to deal with Weiner "directly" was not enough. Arthur Schwartz, a senior vice president at the firm who decided to leave the firm after it hired Weiner, has brought in new business that he couldn't have gotten as a colleague of Weiner.
Since Schwartz left, he has drummed up business with firms that wouldn’t have hired him if he had stayed at MWW because of its ties to Weiner, sources said.
"This is a direct reaction from Arthur’s business associates being uncomfortable with Anthony Weiner," said O’Brien Murray, a consultant and Schwartz associate.
"Corporations don’t want the image of working with a firm that is affiliated with Anthony Weiner," Murray said.
Even the firm wants Weiner to keep its distance. When Kempner hosted a Hillary Clinton fundraiser at his New Jersey home last week, Weiner was asked not to attend.
Weiner's wife Huma Abedin currently works as a top adviser to the Clinton campaign.