Longtime Clinton aide Huma Abedin has been off the campaign trail since revelations that the FBI was examining thousands of her emails archived on husband Anthony Weiner's computer

Members of Hillary Clinton's inner circle are venting about how disgraced Rep. Anthony Weiner helped bring about a situation where his estranged wife is now off the campaign trail and and the candidate's email continues to be front and center in the campaign.

'This is not about Huma's e-mails,' one campaign surrogate told Vanity Fair. 'It's about the e-mails generally. There's a lot of things that got us to this point. But if Weiner hadn't taken pictures of his weiner, we wouldn't be in this thing.'

Abedin remains off the campaign trail with less than a week to go before the election. When she didn't join her boss on a campaign swing to Florida, all a senior advisor wold say is that 'she's in Brooklyn.'

And she was replaced on the trail with another old retainer from Clintonworld - Phillipe Reines,

Busy mom: A smiling Huma Abedin was seen dropping her 4-year-old son Jordan off at school on Wednesday

School run: It is the third day this week that Huma has been able to drop the boy off now that she is off the campaign trail with Hillary Clinton

Abedin has been one of Clinton's closest confidantes for years, but even a 'top advisor' is acknowledging her lack of judgement.

'Don't trust anyone who tells you they know what's going on in Huma's head or about her relationship to the campaign. I have no doubt she is very much pivotal to Hillary and pivotal to the campaign,' the advisor said.

She is still very close to Hillary, and in in many ways she is a victim, too. You can say she had a lack of judgment, but she's a victim, too.'

Abedin's lawyer, Karen Dunn, said Monday that Abedin did not know thousands of her emails were on her husband's computer.

Nevertheless, the FBI's stunning decision to announce developments in Clinton's email case has rocked the campaign – and may be contributing to a tightening in national and battleground polls

He's no Huma: Phillipe Reines (right) took the place of the 'surrogate daughter' Huma Abedin as Clinton's aide on the plane to Arizona from Florida

Old is new: Phillipe Reines was Clinton's long-term State Department handler and consigliere

'It's a real headache,' the top advisor said.

As for whether Abedin remains grounded indevinitely, the surrogate said: 'I can't imagine they would put her on the road [now]. That would be f****** stupid. She's in the middle of an investigation.'

'She's clearly a daughter to Hillary,' the advisor said, describing Abedin's relationship with Clinton.

Weiner, having mistreated a spouse held in well regard inside the campaign, and having brought needless drama onto the Clinton campaign, remains a figure of contempt.

'Anthony as a very sick, disturbed person, and people are absolutely fed up with the drama and the headache and the sloppiness,' the advisor said.

The FBI is conducting a separate investigation of Weiner's alleged online contacts with an underaged girl, as first revealed by DailyMail.com.

Clinton, however, found a trusted presence to be by her side as she took her presidential campaign out west Wednesdy - former press aide Philippe Reines.

Reines has been a close aide to Clinton for years, serving as her press aide while she represented New York in the Senate and following her to the State Department after Clinton’s failed 2008 presidential campaign.

He is known as a fierce loyalist, but also brings some baggage, having become known for internecine squabbles and for sometimes berating reporters when they wrote unflattering things about Clinton or her inner circle.

Reines has been revealed in hacked WikiLeaks emails to be a source of constant humor and wit within Clinton’s wider organization – but he also drove other staffers sometimes to distraction with his fears about leaks and appearances.

Clinton advisors are calling the latest Weiner-linked scandal a 'real headache, blaming the disgraced ex-lawmaker but also acknowledging Abedin's lack of 'judgement'

Reines reemerged to play Donald Trump before the presidential debates – even dressing up for the part – and Clinton has lauded her team for aiding in her preparation. Clinton observed in a soft People magazine interview how she prepared to keep Trump from getting in her head.

It wasn’t clear whether Reines would be a full-time stand-in for the grounded Abedin, or whether it was a temporary role. He has no formal role in the campaign, just as he was kept out of her 2008 effort.

At times, Reines’ unwavering loyalty can be a fault – according to musings by other Clinton aides in hacked WikiLeaks emails.

As the email scandal broke last year, Clinton campaign chair John Podesta wrote fellow Clinton insider Neera Tanden, ‘Speaking of transparency, our friends Kendall, Cheryl and Philippe sure weren't forthcoming about the facts here,' writing on March 15, the same day the news broke about Clinton's personal email use.

He was referencing attorney David Kendall, top State Department aide Cheryl Mills, and Reines.

'Why didn't they get this stuff out like 18 months ago? So Crazy,' Tanden responded.