Federal prosecutors have reportedly recommended that former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) be sentenced to prison for about two years for sexting with an underaged girl.

The Associated Press reported Wednesday that prosecutors have asked a judge to "send a message" with Weiner's sentencing, reminding the court that Weiner has claimed to be reformed in the past.

Weiner plead guilty in May to sending obscene material to an underage girl last year. As part of a plea bargain, Weiner agreed not to appeal any sentence between 21 and 27 months in prison.

“I have a sickness, but I do not have an excuse,” he said in May.

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“I apologize to everyone I have hurt,” Weiner added in his admission to the court. “I apologize to the teenage girl, whom I mistreated so badly.”

In his guilty plea, Weiner described his actions and called them "morally wrong."

“I engaged in obscene communications with this teenager, including sharing explicit images and encouraging her to engage in sexually explicit conduct, just as I had done and continued to do with adult women," Weiner said.

“I knew this was as morally wrong as it was unlawful," he added.

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