Andrew Breitbart took over the press conference in New York that was supposed to feature Rep. Anthony Weiner Monday, declaring that everything he’s posted on his conservative Web site BigGovernment.com has proven to be true.

Weiner was supposed to come to the microphones at 4 p.m. but Breitbart took the podium instead, criticizing the media’s coverage of the Weiner scandal. BigGovernment posted new shirtless pictures of Weiner on Monday.

For more than 15 minutes, Breitbart fielded a string of questions about how he obtained the photo of Weiner, whether it was truly him and why he published the photos.

“Everything we’ve reported about this…has been true,” Breitbart told reporters.

“It seemed that they came from his email account, so if he’s sending stunt doubles, that would be interesting, but it certainly looks like him,” Breitbart said, in defending his release of the photos Monday.

Breitbart initially stood unnoticed holding his iPad at the side of the 3rd Floor Ballroom at the Sheraton New York, a hotel that political parties in the state typically use for political events. He was alone until a POLITICO and New York Observer reporter approached him, tweeted about it, and then was urged to the podium by a press corps waiting for Weiner to arrive.

“I find the hacked story specious, especially because he doesn’t want to get to the bottom of it,” Breitbart said.

(Source: Politico)