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john edwards has been the indicted and he has played not guilty to charges he
used campaign funds to cover up an extramarital affair
john edwards
uh... will admit uh... taking the money
say that it wasn't campaign funds prosecution history is alleging that the
nine hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars he collected from two wealthy
donors was part of his campaign
was part of the effort to cover up the affair which enabled his campaign to go
on
that seems sort of undeniable edward full argue that it wasn't using campaign
money that that was just given to him to cover up the affair to keep it concealed
from his wife and had nothing to do with campaign
that part of the case totally interesting i'll look forward to seeing
how that gets resolved
my hunch is
as a hunch based on
reading and just common sense is that
it'll get resolved
but with some sort of penalty and probation may be given up his law
license
and a fine hard to believe a ghost court does go to court totally fascinating
about whether that was the use of campaign funds or friends of john
edwards giving him money to cover up an affair
which would be accra
uh... but obviously it did a naval his campaign to go on which would make it
illegal if it were the campaign funds he faces six counts at least five of them
punishable by five years in prison and two hundred fifty thousand dollar fine
at the very least he faces one point five million dollars in fines and at
least twenty five years in prison
maximum maybe thirty years in prison
i can't tell whether there's a five-year max on one of these files on one of
these charges that could be thirty years at one point five million it's at least
twenty five years at what point five million that's for the max on each one
he would never get that even if he were convicted
so serious charges facing john edwards uh...
and we'll see how that resolves itself
the associated press had a brief story on it a brief video story on it there of
course many
uh... print stories on it by the way i i think i mentioned jonah riches played
not guilty he said he's guilty of terrible judgment he did terrible things
but he didn't break the law
so the a_p_ ran this story and it's funny because it's sort of in the story
goes over john edwards is excuses
with this is your defense
youth you know you're in a bad way so here's the brief
associated press story on john edward
that indictment for john edwards a former rising star of the democratic
party in the vice presidential nominee in two thousand four
arrange a reaction wraps up a two year federal investigation into money used to
cover up and extramarital affair during the two thousand eight presidential
election
at what's known as gate hundreds of thousands of dollars
was to keep his mistress in hiding
dollars federal officials say should have been reported by his campaign five
because they help in his bid for the democratic nomination
warriors frederick st phones were gifts from friends
trying to keep the affair is secret and his wife elizabeth
she died of cancer in december
his lawyers say the investigation is a waste of resources saying he did not
violate the law
edwards uses wildlife turns out of all this
ending his hopes of working as an attorney for the poor
so your defenses no no
no it was just money from my friends to keep the affair for my wife
who was dying of cancer
i don't want to go to court that that
you're not going to appeal to a jury
and that he could lose is long license
which will perhaps a rich is hoped
to continue to work in the law
anything this guy says
you roll your eyes are you're like early
work for the poor
it hates is can you run the story again with run store again without sound just
love it
because like
the guy uh... so disingenuous down everything he does i mean i'm sure you
work for the poor but i wouldn't believe anything about it
like early on
between u cm like walk in the campaign line and that's my only gives itself at
that smile state
then this year you think there is a lot of people
and get this this while the pain that you do it without merit creep everything
about you think everything about the creepy
back until the story before we get out of it in a conducted respond and float
terrible things happen though that doesn't excuse his total
findings
and it's not the affair that slimy it's everything about him
the affairs of course slimy but you know guys engages in that behavior that unit
itself isn't the slimy part everything about the guys oily and disgusting if
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