Geee Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Fox News:A federal grand jury indicted two-time presidential candidate John Edwards Friday over allegations that he spent $925,000 in campaign donations to cover up his extramarital affair as he was running for the White House in 2008.Edwards has been charged with six counts, including conspiracy, four counts of illegal campaign contributions and one count of false statements. Edwards will be arraigned in a federal court in Winston-Salem, N.C. later Friday."John Edwards will tell the court he is innocent of all charges, and will plead not guilty," Edwards' lawyer, Gregory Craig, said in a statement. "He did not break the law and will mount a vigorous defense."The indictment claims that the payments Edwards' mistress and campaign videographer Rielle Hunter received from his two friends, Rachel Mellon and Fred Baron, were campaign contributions intended to keep her and their baby in hiding during the 2008 presidential election."Edwards knew that public revelation of the affair and the pregnancy would destroy his candidacy by, among other things, undermining Edwards' presentation of himself as a family man and by forcing his campaign to divert personnel and resources away from other campaign activities to respond to criticism and media scrutiny regarding the affair and pregnancy," the indictment said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollyannaish Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Would it be inappropriate for me to laugh about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 I was going to comment about it being a double weiner week-but that would be crass-so I won't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollyannaish Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I was going to comment about it being a double weiner week-but that would be crass-so I won't Thank you! Now I can laugh inappropriately with cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evad Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Like I said on another site, this boy better cut a deal..take a plea. I've watched enough Law n Order to know that a jury is gonna eat him alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceRimmer Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Like I said on another site, this boy better cut a deal..take a plea. I've watched enough Law n Order to know that a jury is gonna eat him alive. From what I heard, he shut down any deal that was going to strip him of his BAR card. Once a greedy trial lawyer, always... But da*n if this isn't funny to watch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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