The news outlet published what it says is an open letter from the teenager to FBI director James Comey. | Getty Weiner's accuser publishes open letter ripping James Comey

The teenage girl who accused the disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner of sending her lewd messages is criticizing FBI Director James Comey for bringing unwanted media attention to her case, according to BuzzFeed.

The news outlet published what it says is an open letter from the teenager to Comey, dated Wednesday, addressing his decision to inform congressional leaders that the FBI is reviewing material that it said might be relevant to its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state.


Comey has offered few details about the circumstances around the review, but FBI agents found the emails in the process of investigating Weiner in the wake of allegations that he had sexted a 15-year-old girl. Weiner’s estranged wife is Huma Abedin, Clinton’s longtime aide. The FBI obtained a warrant on Sunday to search Abedin's emails, and the Justice Department informed Congress on Monday that it was working to address the matter "expeditiously."

In the open letter published by BuzzFeed, Weiner’s accuser, now 16, wrote that she was caught by surprise when news outlets approached her for comment following Comey’s announcement last Friday about the Clinton case. She said the news came shortly after she had spent hours interviewing with the FBI about Weiner and questioned the bureau's timing, suggesting Comey should have waited to make the announcement until after the election.

The teenager is not named in the BuzzFeed report, but the outlet writes that it “independently confirmed the teen’s identity, in part, via an email provided by Weiner, by traveling to her hometown, and by speaking with her and her father.” BuzzFeed also interviewed her.

“Your letter to Congress has now brought this whole matter back into the media spotlight,” the teenager writes to Comey in the letter, describing reporters’ attempts to contact her. “Why didn’t you communicate with the local FBI agents that I had just spoken to? They could have scheduled our interview sooner or scheduled a time to interview me later, or change locations of the interview.”

“In your letter, you chose to use a vague approach, meaning the media had to keep searching to try and find out what evidence you had uncovered and how,” she continued. “Every media outlet from local to national has contacted me and my family to get my ‘story.’ Why couldn’t your letter have waited until after the election, so I would not have to be the center of attention the last week of the election cycle?”

“The election is important, yes, but what happened to me and how it makes me feel and how others see me, is much more important. It’s time that the FBI Director puts his victims’ rights above political views,” she concluded, signing it, “Girl that lost her faith in America.”

Comey has come under fire from members of both parties for disclosing the email review 11 days before the presidential election. Clinton has called his decision "very troubling," and on Wednesday President Barack Obama indirectly criticized the FBI director's move, telling an interviewer "We don't operate on innuendo."