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John Edwards Secret Grand Jury Convenes in Raleigh, N.C.
nationalenquirer.com ^ | 4/5/09 | nationalenquirer.com

Posted on 04/05/2009 10:16:46 PM PDT by melt

Multiple sources now confirm The ENQUIRER's report that a federal grand jury is investigating possible misuse of presidential campaign funds by John Edwards to pay off his mistress.

U.S. Attorney George Holding revealed yesterday he "was not going to confirm or deny any investigation" regarding Edwards that was first reported by the ENQUIRER earlier this week.

A Federal grand jury did convene on Wednesday in Raleigh, North Carolina, according to multiple local reports. Grand jury proceedings are kept secret. Attorneys are liable for criminal prosecution if they discuss such investigations in public or to the press.

Prominent Raleigh defense attorney and John Edwards' mentor Wade Smith declined to comment on whether he was representing Edwards before the grand jury investigation.

"I'm at a place where I cannot make any comment to confirm or deny," Smith said. "I can't say anything. It's possible, at some later point, I can."

The disgraced 2-time Presidential candidate began his career working for Wade Smith's law firm and they are long time friends.

Last summer, the NATIONAL ENQUIRER caught Edwards visiting his mistress Rielle Hunter in the Beverly Hills Hilton. After vigorously denying the affair for months, Edwards admitted the affair on national television in August after the ENQUIRER published spy photos of Edwards holding his love child earlier that week.

Edwards has also denied paying either campaign staffer Andrew Young, who claims to be the child's father or Rielle Hunter, his admitted mistress, any funds from the campaign war chest.

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalenquirer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: corruptdems; edwards; grandjury; johnedwards; mistress; raleigh; riellehunter; scandal; taxcheatparty
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Too bad he didn't run a gay prostitution ring out of his house--- like House Chairman Barney Frank. By now, he'd be home-free...

1 posted on 04/05/2009 10:16:46 PM PDT by melt
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To: melt
John who?

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Send treats to the troops...
Great because you did it!
www.AnySoldier.com

2 posted on 04/05/2009 10:18:00 PM PDT by JCG
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To: melt

Crooked little faggot.


3 posted on 04/05/2009 10:21:08 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: melt

maybe they could run a grand jury on Hussein and his failure to be NBC and also probably being born in Kenya.


4 posted on 04/05/2009 10:23:59 PM PDT by Frantzie (Boycott GE - they own NBC, MSNBC, CNBC & Universal. Boycott Disney - they own ABC)
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To: melt

The world is upside down. One of the few papers doing actual journalistic work is the Equirer.....


5 posted on 04/05/2009 10:24:32 PM PDT by When do we get liberated?
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To: pissant

Which one; or both?


6 posted on 04/05/2009 10:26:50 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: melt
Damn! Ol Bwany looks like he's been gnawing on a tainted one....


7 posted on 04/05/2009 10:27:36 PM PDT by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: melt

No problem for Edwards; people in Raleigh are still true believers in his righteousness.


8 posted on 04/05/2009 10:33:25 PM PDT by Theodore R. (GWB is gone: Now the American sheeple can sleep at night!)
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To: When do we get liberated?

But scholars can’t cite the Enquirer in their publications, or they would be laughed out of the professions.


9 posted on 04/05/2009 10:34:17 PM PDT by Theodore R. (GWB is gone: Now the American sheeple can sleep at night!)
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To: melt

Two Americas: John-boy gets a “secret” grand jury.


10 posted on 04/05/2009 10:36:16 PM PDT by DTogo (Time to bring back the Sons of Liberty.)
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11 posted on 04/05/2009 10:37:26 PM PDT by Bush gal in LA (''Impeachment is patriotic!'')
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When will they investigate OBAMA’S campaign contributions??? Surely the MILLIONS of undocumented contributions and such are more important than Edwards paying off his mistress...

Don’t get me wrong. It’s good they are investigating Edwards — no politician should get away with that kind of misuse of funds and fraud. Just that I wonder if this is a politically-motivated investigation meant to take down opponents within the Dem Party... Keep the FBI busy, and make it look good all the while completely covering up the most egregious violations of the law by the Pres_ent.

Speaking of which, any word on those ACORN Voter Fraud investigations? Seems that was all but forgotten once the election was finished...


12 posted on 04/05/2009 10:38:37 PM PDT by LibertyRocks ( http://LibertyRocks.wordpress.com ~ ANTI-OBAMA STUFF : http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: pissant

Not Edwards, who is simply crooked and little.


13 posted on 04/05/2009 10:48:45 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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To: melt
"I'm at a place where I cannot make any comment to confirm or deny," Smith said. "I can't say anything. It's possible, at some later point, I can."

That is the lamest non-denial I've heard since the days of limited modified hangout.

14 posted on 04/05/2009 10:48:57 PM PDT by freespirited (Is this a nation of laws or a nation of Democrats? -- Charles Krauthammer)
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To: DTogo

This is normal, Grand Jury proceedings are by rule secret.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18a/usc_sec_18a_03000006——000-.html

No more secrecy if indicted though.


15 posted on 04/05/2009 11:31:46 PM PDT by LayoutGuru2 (Know the difference between honoring diversity and honoring perversity? No? You must be a liberal!)
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To: LibertyRocks

Silly you....they can’t investigate Obama...HE’S BLACK! Besides he has a nice smile and the world loves him.


16 posted on 04/05/2009 11:49:05 PM PDT by Aria ( "The US republic will endure until Congress discovers it can bribe the public with the people's $.")
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To: melt

Democrat culture of corruption BUMP!


17 posted on 04/05/2009 11:53:29 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard
Bump using this:


18 posted on 04/05/2009 11:59:22 PM PDT by Chunga (Vote Republican)
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To: DTogo

Grand Juries are always held in a secretive environment. No defense attorneys are allowed.


19 posted on 04/06/2009 12:26:16 AM PDT by Slip18
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To: JCG
John who?


LA-LA-LA I can't hear you

20 posted on 04/06/2009 12:36:04 AM PDT by MaxMax (RINO=RAT!)
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