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USA v. EDWARDS

  1. April 25, 2012

    Edwards Defense Rips Former Aide As Liar, Opportunist

    The defense team for John Edwards on Wednesday tried to portray the prosecution's star witness as a disgruntled and dishonest former campaign worker who wanted to use Edwards' affair to "make a lot of money" and maintain his place among the former senator's chosen circle.

  2. April 24, 2012

    Edwards Claimed Hush Money Was Legal, Ex-Aide Testifies

    John Edwards reassured a former campaign aide that payments they received from a wealthy donor and used to cover up the former senator's affair were perfectly legal and could not be considered campaign donations, the aide testified Tuesday in the ex-lawmaker's criminal trial.

  3. April 23, 2012

    Witness Bombshell Kicks Off Edwards Trial

    A key prosecution witness in the criminal trial of two-time presidential candidate John Edwards contacted three other witnesses in the weeks leading up to his testimony Monday, a possible violation of federal law and an early blow to the government's case, a federal judge said.

  4. March 16, 2012

    John Edwards Must Return $2.2M In Campaign Funds

    Former presidential hopeful John Edwards, facing a separate criminal trial in April over campaign finance violation allegations, must repay the U.S. Treasury $2.2 million in excess payments he received during his campaign, according to Federal Election Commission documents unsealed Friday.

  5. March 01, 2012

    John Edwards Declared Healthy Enough For April Trial

    A North Carolina federal judge cleared former presidential hopeful John Edwards on Thursday to go on trial April 23 for violations of campaign finance laws, saying the medical condition that had previously delayed the trial is now under control, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

  6. February 16, 2012

    John Edwards Wants Hearsay Banned From Criminal Trial

    Former presidential candidate John Edwards asked a North Carolina federal court on Wednesday to ban hearsay from a criminal trial over allegations he and others used campaign payments to cover up an extramarital affair during his 2008 presidential campaign.

  7. January 13, 2012

    John Edwards Case Delayed Due To Heart Condition

    The trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards over accusations that he used nearly $1 million in allegedly unlawful campaign donations to mask an affair will be postponed until March because Edwards has a heart condition, a North Carolina federal judge said Friday.

  8. December 22, 2011

    John Edwards Wants Trial Delayed Over Medical Issue

    Former presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. John Edwards on Thursday asked a North Carolina federal court to delay his scheduled January trial over accusations that he siphoned funds from $1 million in allegedly unlawful campaign donations to mask an affair.

  9. November 28, 2011

    John Edwards Asks US To Clarify Charges Against Him

    Former presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. John Edwards asked the government on Monday to provide a bill of particulars to clarify its indictment accusing him of siphoning funds from some $1 million in allegedly unlawful campaign donations to mask an affair.

  10. October 17, 2011

    Chadbourne Atty Has No Conflict Of Interest: Edwards

    Former Sen. John Edwards told a North Carolina federal judge on Monday that the Chadbourne & Parke LLP heavyweight defending him against campaign finance charges does not have a conflict of interest even though that lawyer previously represented two potential government witnesses.

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