Posted on 08/08/2009 4:24:26 PM PDT by Libloather
Jury Hears Ex-Mistress
BY JOHN KRAHNERT III: STAFF WRITER
John Edwards is back in the public spotlight, this time as a federal grand jury investigates whether his presidential campaign illegally funneled money to his former mistress.
Filmographer Rielle Hunter -- who had an affair with the former North Carolina senator and presidential candidate -- spent nine hours in a Raleigh courthouse Thursday testifying in front of the grand jury. A federal investigation on the use of Edwards' campaign money continues.
Edwards, who grew up in the northern Moore County town of Robbins, has denied any wrongdoing on the part of his campaign.
According to the Associated Press, Edwards' political action committee (PAC) paid Hunter $100,000 for film services in 2006 and an additional $14,086 on April 1, 2007, despite having only around $8,000 on hand. Edwards' presidential campaign paid the PAC $14,034 the same day for "furniture."
Hunter was photographed walking into the Raleigh courthouse Thursday with her 18-month-old daughter, Frances. It has been widely speculated that Edwards is the father of the child, though he has publicly denied the claims and no paternity test has been done.
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Just think - he could've been one of the 'lawmakers' making decisions on your Deathcare™.
Just think that the press knew about this and sat on the story, when they knew that it would force Edwards out of the Iowa race. With him out, Hillary probably would have won. (Better the she-devil than Lucifer himself!)
A. Corrupt
B. Guilty
C. Cheating
D. Lying
E. Stealing
F. Doinking Staff Members
G. "Above" the Common Folk
H. Tongue Deep in Soros' A$$
I. ALL OF THE ABOVE
I’ll just bet the day comes when she asks for (demands!) that paternity test.
Sending John Edwards to prison now accomplishes nothing.
Madoff can have the lower bunk. Breck Girl the upper bunk.
I always loved this angle. Can you imagine Andrew Young coming home to his wife and two small children?
"Honey, we are set for life!! Life, I tell you!! Oh my gosh!!!" After they finish dancing around the kitchen, he continues, "There is this one little, teeny catch... We are going to pretend Rielle Hunter's baby is mine, that I had an affair and cheated on you. Yes, you will be scorned and mocked everywhere you go, but you can't tell a SOUL. Oh yeah, Andy Jr. will be a laughingstock in his class, but we will be RICH!! Think of that!!!"
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Unless you are one of the eligible bachelors in the prison he's going to.
She should ditch the 12 year old hair style.
No joke..John Edwards is one of those hacks that I wish nothing but the worst for. He is the worst kind of a bastard there is. I’d like to see him in prison for 10-20.
It does for me...satisfaction. This guy doesn’t deserve a damn thing ever again in his life.
Just think. He could have defeated Obama in the primary and lost to McCain.
I disagree.
If he broke the law, he should be punished.
Baraq can pardon him on the way out in Jan 2013.
“Sending John Edwards to prison now accomplishes nothing.”
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It will give Bubba a playmate.
yeah, she is his.
Heh-heh. Whoever was doing the books for the Edwards campaign must have had a pretty wicked sense of humor to try to disguise payments to Silky's mistress as payments for "furniture". ;-o
Hope he ends up in jail but I will not hold my breath.
But, as the leftist wingnuts constantly remind us, he's so SMART! (Yet not as smart as the smartest woman in the Milky Way, I guess.)
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