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Once a presidential hopeful, John Edwards now faces far less hopeful times.
NBC News reports that the Justice Department has given the OK to file charges against Edwards, 57, for alleged violations of campaign finance laws stemming from a cover up of an extra-marital affair with Rielle Hunter.
NBC reported that a plea bargain is possible.
A federal grand jury in North Carolina is looking into the case.
Edwards ran as vice president in 2004 and also campaigned for president in 2004 and 2008.
