John Edwards Indicted On Multiple Counts pleads not guilty to finance charges in NC In Defense of United States v. Johnny Reid The Case Begins on Felony Charges Indecent proposal JOHN EDWARDS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY OVER AFFAIR Deposed Civil Suit 'did break the law ' attorney says faces indictment for alleged mistress payments Be Friday His Lawyers Expect be indicted this week Judge orders answer questions about affair MILLER a vindication National Enquirer Reports possible violations tied coverup

WASHINGTON - Former U.S. senator and presidential candidate John Edwards has been indicted on charges he violated campaign finance laws by using political donations to hide an extramarital affair. The indictment was filed Friday in Edwards' home state of North Carolina. He was charged on six counts - one count of conspiracy, four counts of illegal [...] (06-03) 13:38 PDT Winston-Salem, N.C. (AP) -- Former presidential hopeful John Edwards pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges that he solicited and secretly spent more than $925,000 to hide his mistress and their... (John) John Edwards has been indicted for alleged violations of the campaign finance laws. Not, as you might assume, because he spent campign funds to support his mistress, Rielle Hunter. Rather, because third parties ("Bunny" Mellon and Fred Baron) gave an Edwards aide money to support Ms. Hunter and, ultimately, Edwards' baby with her, and to keep Hunter and the baby out of sight. The theory is that Mellon and Baron spent this money to help Edwards' presidential campign, and the amounts they gave to Ms. Hunter exceeded individual donor limits, and were not reported to the Federal Elections Commission. The indictment includes this paraphrase of the relevant law: > The Election Act's contribution limit applied to anything of value provided for the purpose of influencing the presidential election, including...(c) payments for personal expenses of a candidate unless they would have been made irrespective of the candidacy. That appears to be a fair summary of Sec. 113.1(g)(6) of the Federal Elections Act. The government's theory is that the money that third parties gave for the support of Ms. Hunter constituted campaign contributions because it went for Edwards' "personal expenses" and would not have been given but for Edwards' presidential ... The story laid out in the indictment of the former VP nominee reads like Watergate meets Lewinsky meets _All The King's Men_ A federal grand jury in North Carolina indicted former Sen. John Edwards Friday on charges of using campaign funds to cover up an affair and lying about it. The six-count indictment alleges Edwards, a two-time presidential candidate, used contributions from political backers to hide his extramarital affair with Rielle Hunter, The (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer reported.... John Edwards proposed to his baby mama, Rielle Hunter, during a holiday getaway -- and introduced her and their love child to his kids -- barely three weeks after their mother, Elizabeth Edwards, died of cancer, the National Enquirer reported yesterday. The former Democratic presidential candidate brought his children --... John Edwards, the American politician and former Presidential candidate, has been charged with using political funds to cover up his affair with Rielle Hunter, reports the Washington Post. A federal grand jury charged John Edwards with breaking... John Edwards is talking again about his affair with Rielle Hunter -- but this time he was under oath. Edwards was deposed earlier this week in Chapel Hill, N.C., in connection with a civil lawsuit Rielle Hunter brought against former Edwards aide Andrew Young over a sex tape allegedly depicting Hunter and Edwards The government is nearing a decision on whether to indict the former senator on criminal campaign finance violations in connection with his affair with Rielle Hunter. As the government neared a decision on whether to indict former Sen. John Edwards on criminal campaign finance violations in connection with a sex scandal, his attorney furiously denied Wednesday that he had broken the law, or even that any law applied to the situation. The investigation into John Edwards' alleged campaign-finance improprieties and their connection to his then-mistress, Rielle Hunter, appears to be nearing its end, with an indictment possible in coming days. The Washington Post's Jerry Markon reports: Lawyers for former Democratic vice presidential nominee… Federal grand jury investigating if presidential hopeful misused up to $1M in campaign funds to cover up Rielle Hunter affair RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Former Senator and presidential candidate John Edwards must testify before a judge about his relationship with his former mistress, Rielle Hunter, a North Carolina judge ruled on Friday. A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment today against John Edwards, the former senator and two-time presidential candidate. The government charges vindicate the story that the National Enquirer broke four and a half years ago: that Mr. Edwards was having an affair with Rielle Hunter and she was pregnant. The investigation into John Edwards' alleged campaign-finance improprieties and their connection to his then-mistress, Rielle Hunter, appears to be nearing its end, with an indictment possible in coming days.
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