Wednesday, October 26, 2011

John Edwards Lawyers Try to Get Campaign Finance Fraud Charges Dropped





GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Lawyers for John Edwards worked Wednesday to undercut the federal government's criminal case against the former presidential candidate before it ever gets to a jury.
Edwards is scheduled to be tried in January on charges that he asked two wealthy campaign donors to provide nearly $1 million in secret payments used to hide his pregnant mistress as he sought the Democratic Party's nomination for the White House in 2007 and early 2008.





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