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Justice Dept. drops case against ex-politician John Edwards
WASHINGTON — The US Justice Department Wednesday said it would drop remaining charges against former Democratic star and presidential hopeful John Edwards who was charged with misusing campaign funds. The lawyer turned politician saw his stellar career collapse after he fathered a child with videographer Rielle Hunter in 2007 and…
Is John Edwards verdict the last straw for campaign finance?
John Edwards may have committed many sins, as his defense attorney noted, but a North Carolina jury on Thursday did not convict him of any crimes. The jury returned a not guilty verdict on the key charge in the federal campaign corruption……
Mistrial declared in John Edwards case
GREENSBORO, North Carolina — The judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the John Edwards trial after jurors failed to reach a verdict on five out of six charges against the fallen US political star. Edwards was found not guilty of one count of using campaign donations to hide his pregnant…
John Edwards verdict reached on one count
Former vice presidential candidate and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards (D), will receive the verdict in a trial that investigates whether his 2008 presidential campaign improperly funneled money to his mistress. Edwards faces six counts of campaign finance violations. ABC News is reporting that, if convicted, he could serve…
Dreams of glory dashed in John Edwards’s hometown
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina — There was a time when people in this historic US college town dared to dream that one of their own could become president. Then John Edwards got caught up in a whirlwind of sex, lies and betrayal — and now they’d rather forget all about…
Trial of John Edwards set to begin
Opening arguments will begin Monday in the trial of John Edwards, a two-time Democratic presidential hopeful accused of illegally using political campaign money to hide a love affair from the public and his cancer-stricken wife. Edwards, a former senator who was White House candidate John Kerry’s vice presidential choice in…
All copies of John Edwards sex tape to be destroyed
All known copies of a sexually explicit videotape featuring former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards and his mistress Rielle Hunter will be destroyed, according to ABC News. Hunter had fought a two-year long court battle with former Edwards’ aide Andrew Young and his wife Cheri for allegedly stealing her “personal…
John Edwards trial delayed by ‘serious heart condition’
The trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards for alleged campaign violations was delayed this week after his doctor told a judge that Edwards has a serious heart condition which will require a medical procedure next month. According to the Associated Press, “Federal Judge Catherine Eagles did not disclose the…
Campaign finance experts may be allowed to back John Edwards’ case at trial
GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday left the door open for former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards to call two campaign finance experts to testify at his trial next month on charges of using illegal campaign funds to hide an extramarital affair. Prosecutors wanted to block…
On economic populism and rookie sexist mistakes
How appropriate. At the Guardian's CIF, I put up a piece about what it means to lose John Edwards as a figurehead of populist liberalism in the wake of his scandals. I don't write much at all about Edwards, because invariably it means people project a lot of their more…
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