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Edwards Moves to Dismiss Case

Lawyers argue case is 'about politics,' not the law

(Newser) - The case against John Edwards is political, not criminal, and should be dismissed, lawyers for the onetime presidential candidate said yesterday in a hefty court filing. “While much can be said in questioning how Mr. Edwards conducted himself throughout this saga, the allegations… that he violated campaign finance laws...

Rachel 'Bunny' Mellon Talks About John Edwards Scandal in 'Newsweek' Interview
Bunny Mellon Speaks of
'Great Friend' John Edwards
'newsweek' interview
Jul 25, 2011 10:10 AM CDT

Bunny Mellon Speaks of 'Great Friend' John Edwards

Reclusive donor is at heart of campaign finance indictment

(Newser) - Why did millionaire philanthropist Rachel "Bunny" Mellon give John Edwards $725,000 : to save his presidential campaign or to hide his extramarital affair from his wife? That question, at the heart of Edwards' indictment on charges of campaign finance violations, has thrust the reclusive Mellon into the spotlight. But...

John Edwards’ Smiling Mug Shot Is Out

Former senator's booking photo released

(Newser) - Does that look like the face of a guilty man? Former senator John Edwards may have allegedly spent more than $1 million to hide his affair, but no cash can help him hide his mugshot— CNN obtained the photos through a Freedom of Information Act request. Edwards pleaded not guilty...

Edwards May Be Nailed by Own Emails

Sources say candidate acknowledged payments to pregnant mistress

(Newser) - Prosecutors possess evidence from John Edwards' own emails that help prove a key part of the case against him and make his decision to opt for a trial instead of a plea bargain look even riskier, sources tell AP . In the emails, Edwards and his former speechwriter, Wendy Button, discuss...

Edwards Scorned Plea Because of Prison

Rolls dice on jury trial once again

(Newser) - The near-certainty of six months behind bars led John Edwards to scotch a plea bargain and take his very significant chances on a jury, reports the News & Observer in a look at the last-minute wrangling that took place behind the scenes. Prosecutors put on the table a deal in...

John Edwards: 'I Did Not Break the Law'

He pleads not guilty to charges

(Newser) - John Edwards says his behavior was stupid but not illegal. He pleaded not guilty today to charges that donors illegally funneled nearly $1 million to mistress Rielle Hunter and campaign aide Andrew Young to cover up an affair and keep his 2008 campaign alive. Edwards did not have to post...

Edwards' Legal Gamble Hinges on 2 Questions

For one, was the affair cover-up for political or personal gain?

(Newser) - John Edwards' decision to forgo a plea deal and fight charges that he violated campaign finance law in court comes at no small risk. He faces up to 30 years in prison on the six counts (along with $1.5 million in fines) if he loses. The case hinges on...

John Edwards Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
 John Edwards Indicted 
Jun 3, 2011 9:28 AM CDT

John Edwards Indicted

Federal grand jury indicts Edwards over money spent on mistress

(Newser) - A federal grand jury has indicted two-time presidential candidate John Edwards over massive sums of money spent to keep his mistress in hiding during the peak of his 2008 campaign for the White House. The case of USA v. Johnny Reid Edwards contains six counts, including conspiracy, four counts of...

Edwards Charges Likely Today

Former candidate expected to be indicted or forge plea deal

(Newser) - The two-year federal investigation into John Edwards has reached a critical point and criminal charges against him are expected to be filed today. Edwards' attorney has traveled to North Carolina to meet with prosecutors, and the former Democratic presidential candidate is likely to either be indicted or reach a plea...

John Edwards Meets With Donor at Center of Probe

Visit to Bunny Mellon purely social, lawyers claim

(Newser) - With the Justice Department preparing to file criminal charges against him for using illegal campaign contributions to cover up his affair, John Edwards paid an "entirely personal and social" visit to the donor at the heart of the probe, her lawyers say. The former candidate spent yesterday afternoon at...

I Told the Enquirer About Edwards' Affair With Rielle

Pigeon O'Brien reveals how the 'National Enquirer' got the scoop

(Newser) - In the 1980s, Pigeon O'Brien was friends with a girl named Lisa Druck, and "Lisa Druck was trouble," writes O'Brien on the Huffington Post . She told seedy stories about "strip poker and non-monogamy," but O'Brien and other pals liked her nonetheless. Then Lisa Druck vanished for...

John Edwards Hires Obama Legal Eagle

Not that he's expecting an indictment or anything...

(Newser) - In case crossing his fingers isn't enough to avoid an indictment, John Edwards has brought in former White House counsel Greg Craig to help convince feds he didn't do anything untoward—or at least illegal—with his campaign funds. "We have consistently said we don't think he violated any...

John Edwards Engaged to Rielle Hunter: Enquirer

And just three weeks after Elizabeth's death ... if it's true, of course

(Newser) - Call it an indecent proposal: Three weeks after his wife died, John Edwards reportedly asked Rielle Hunter to marry him. Okay, so it's the National Enquirer doing the reporting—but remember, the Enquirer also broke the story about Edwards’ affair with Hunter in the first place. (On the other hand,...

Rielle Hunter Now Chasing Actors

If she can't marry Edwards, she'll marry them, friend tells Enquirer

(Newser) - Rielle Hunter has given up on John Edwards—now, she's out to snag an actor. According to a National Enquirer item (spotted by the Huffington Post ), Hunter recently flew to LA, where she did her best to track down a number of famous actors, including Matt LeBlanc and John...

Elizabeth Edwards: I'm More Than a 'Cuckolded Wife'

She compares herself to Sandra Bullock on Today Show

(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards still thinks she married “a marvelous man”…but John Edwards “is no longer the person who I married.” In her first appearance since their split, she tells Today , “I still admire an enormous number of things about him.” She also compares herself...

'Lost, Lonely' John Edwards Drops Out of Sight

Ex-senator isn't even hitting on women in bars anymore

(Newser) - Without his political career and largely without his family, John Edwards seems unmoored. He spends lots of time with his lawyers and lots of time ducking process servers working for the lawyer of his former right-hand man, Andrew Young—who's being sued by Edwards' former mistress, Rielle Hunter. Edwards isn't...

Elizabeth Edwards Plots to Keep 'Stepmom Rielle' From Her Kids

She worries lover will take over after her death

(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards is doing everything in her power now to keep her estranged husband's mistress from becoming her children' stepmom, friends reports. Edwards hopes her eldest daughter will become the guardian of her younger children if she succumbs to her late-stage breast cancer, reports the New York Daily News. "...

Elizabeth 'Didn't Know the Truth': Rielle
 Elizabeth 
 'Didn't Know 
 the Truth': Rielle 
on oprah tomorrow
Apr 28, 2010 2:30 PM CDT

Elizabeth 'Didn't Know the Truth': Rielle

He shouldn't have lied to Bob Woodruff, she tells Oprah

(Newser) - Rielle Hunter’s highly anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey airs tomorrow, and ABC News has a preview. Hunter says she—and “everyone who knew all the facts and knew the truth”—begged John Edwards not to do the interview with ABC’s Bob Woodruff in which he admitted...

Edwards Forced to Testify About Sex Tape

Young fights back in 'invasion of privacy' lawsuit

(Newser) - The screws are being tightened on John Edwards, who's been subpoenaed to answer questions under oath about the sex tape he made with mistress Rielle Hunter. The disgraced Edwards is due to make a sworn deposition May 13, Diane Diamond reports at the Daily Beast , in the legal scrum between...

Snobs Doomed Enquirer's Pulitzer Bid

Edwards exposé a shoo-in for glory—but not for tabloid

(Newser) - By any sane measure, the unmasking of John Edwards as a philanderer who knocked up his mistress while his wife battled cancer was one of the all-time great scoops—except in determining the winners of yesterday's Pulitzer Prizes for journalism. "The media elite circled the wagons to exclude the...

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