John Edwards Wants Criminal Charges Dropped; Claims Charges are Part of Political Crusade
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Senator and two-time presidential candidate John Edwards, whose public image quickly turned to mud after news of his affair surfaced while his wife was dying of cancer, wants the criminal charges against him dismissed. Politico’s Josh Gerstein reports that Edward’s high-powered attorneys Abbe Lowell, Jim Cooney and Wade Smith filed a…