Abedin, according to two people in her orbit, didn't know the Post story was in the works before heading to the Hamptons for her annual working vacation with the Clintons — who have been ferociously fundraising — and Clinton intimates like Cheryl Mills, and Abedin's own family, including her son Jordan. Weiner was not invited, they told POLITICO.

"She wasn't fleeing the media," said a person close to the longtime Clinton body woman — whom the Democratic nominee has likened to a second daughter. "But it worked out for the best, being surrounded by her family and her friends ... It's a difficult day but she'll get through it."

Several other Abedin friends and colleagues expressed similar sentiments: While they were concerned for her well-being over the next few days and weeks, they are happy that Weiner was being given his walking papers. "Anything that ensures he's no longer around is good news," said one fellow Clinton staffer.

Abedin, who was embarrassed by Weiner's decision to permit filmmakers to document his failed 2013 failed New York City mayoral run, was hoping to end the marriage outside the glare of the mid-campaign cameras. But the new images — especially the image of Weiner in underwear on a bed next to their young son — were simply too much to bear, said one Abedin friend.

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