John Edwards in trouble again?

[xoxoxoBruce]

John Edwards in trouble again still.

[richlevy]

Sing it with me now.

Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son

The song doesn't work so good if the kid is a daughter.

I still remember being there at the National Constitution Center a day or two before Kerry announced Edwards and hearing Ed Rendell say basically "Naw, not Edwards".

In retrospect, Edwards was our Palin.

[classicman]

Pretty much, then again, Kerry wasn't much better. <shrug>

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Yeah, his Senate voting record showed Kerry never found a Socialist he couldn't sell out to. Tried his damnedest to get that sale closed, for many years. In effect repeatedly voting against humanity by voting against both capitalism and democracy, two things that make life very much worth living.

[classicman]

Now that I think of it, didn't Kerry select him as his VP running-mate?
Then again, The "R"s had Dan Quayle on their ticket . . .

[classicman]

nypost.com — Disgraced former presidential contender John Edwards and his wife have reportedly legally separated after he admitted he is the father of a baby girl whose mom he repeatedly bedded during his 2008.

I had to copy and post this - the wording "whose mom he repeatedly bedded during his 2008."will certainly not last. . . will it?

[classicman]

Officer to retrieve Edwards sex tape

Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones said in an order released Monday that the Orange County sheriff has appointed a security firm to help recover the video and other items. Former Edwards loyalist Andrew Young has said he has the original tape and copies stored in an Atlanta safety deposit box.

"Mr. Young shall take the Officer with him into the vault to obtain the lock box," the order reads. "The Officer is to secure all items contained in the lock box in bags as is customary for evidence collection."

Jones declared last week that Young was in contempt for not immediately turning over the tape when deputies initially went to retrieve it from him. Edwards' mistress, Rielle Hunter, has sued Young for invasion of privacy and sought the return of what she deemed a "very private and personal" video. Young says he has a tape that shows Edwards in a sexual encounter with a woman he assumes to be Hunter.

Special treatment much?

[classicman]

Report: John Edwards set to be indicted

The Justice Department is set to indict former presidential candidate John Edwards on charges that he violated campaign finance laws trying to cover up an extramarital affair during the last presidential campaign, according to multiple reports.

A source close to the investigation told ABC News that Edwards is aware of the Justice Department's plans and could try to arrange a plea deal to avoid a trial.

The probe into Edwards' conduct has been ongoing for two years, and according to the Associated Press, the investigation covered his days in the Senate as well as on the presidential campaign trail.

The focal point of the investigation, however, has been the Edwards' campaign's alleged attempts to cover up his affair with Rielle Hunter, a woman who was initially hired to produce promotional videos for the campaign, and with whom he ultimately had a child.

The probe focuses on two wealthy donors, Rachel "Bunny" Mellon and Fred Baron, who the government alleges donated more than $1 million in funds to aid the cover-up of the affair. The government will argue that amounted to illegal campaign contributions.

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Why are these guys already notified and allowed to cut plea deals so frequently?
I think sending a few corrupt politicians to jail/prison/whatever would be the perfect deterrent and the right thing to do.

[classicman]

Jail time at heart of collapse of plea talks in Edwards case

After initially saying Edwards had to agree to plead guilty to a felony in earlier discussions, CNN is told prosecutors last week offered for him instead to plead guilty to some misdemeanors.

But the jail time was the breaking point.

After the breakdown in negotiations, a grand jury indicted Edwards, a former Democratic vice presidential nominee, on six felony counts.

In court on Friday, Edwards pleaded not guilty.

"I will regret for the rest of my life the pain and the harm that I've caused to others. But I did not break the law. And I never, ever thought I was breaking the law," he told reporters outside the federal courthouse in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

The News and Observer also reported that Edwards' lawyers were not confident they would be allowed to urge a judge to consider alternatives for incarceration such as a halfway house, weekend passes or home arrest ...

And to think this guy was a serious presidential candidate. One of the comments on the CNN link nailed it.
"Edwards using a story about his kids to take the attention off himself. This man has no morals whatsoever. Just a typical trial lawyer slant from him. "

[TheMercenary]

I guess he will not be suing anymore doctors anytime soon.

[classicman]

John Edwards Indicted:
Charged With Conspiracy, Campaign Finance Violations By Federal Grand Jury

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- A federal grand jury indicted two-time presidential candidate John Edwards on Friday over $925,000 spent to keep his mistress and their baby 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 illegal campaign contributions and one count of false statements.

The indictment said the payments were a scheme to protect Edwards' White House ambitions. "A centerpiece of Edwards' candidacy was his public image as a devoted family man," the indictment said.

"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 added.

The indictment and an arrest warrant were filed in Greensboro, N.C., which is in the district where his campaign was headquartered.

Negotiations between Edwards' attorneys and federal prosecutors to settle on a charge to which Edwards was willing to plead guilty continued through Thursday, but proved fruitless, according to people with knowledge of the negotiations. Prosecutors had insisted on a plea to a felony, which would endanger his ability to keep his license to practice law.

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Bout time.