By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s crunch time for ex-Presidential hopeful John Edwards. Jury selection is set to begin Thursday in federal court in Greensboro, N.C. for Edwards,58, who faces charges that he violated campaign finance laws and accepted illegal contributions, the News Observer reports. The trial is sure to bring out embarrassing details of his…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former Sen. John Edwards, who is already dealing with a mess of federal charges that he violated campaign finance laws to shield an affair, is going to have to deal with this latest public relations mess. The website DNAinfo reports a hooker working for the millionaire Mom Madam Anna Gristina told…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-presidential hopeful John Edwards has found a way to delay his pending federal trial on alleged campaign violations. The Associated Press reports that a North Carolina fed judge on Friday delayed his January trial date until at least March 26 after his cardiologist sent two letters to the judge citing Edward’s…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com John Edwards may have cheated on his dying wife, but he won’t be cheated out of a criminal trial. A U.S. District Judge in North Carolina on Thursday denied a request by the two-time presidential candidate to dismiss the criminal charges against him, the Associated Press reported. Trial is set for…
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…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Sen. John Edwards, a two-time presidential candidate facing federal indictment, got some bad news on Thursday. The Federal Election Commission ruled that Edward’s 2008 campaign must repay $2.3 million in federal campaign funds, the Los Angeles Times reported. The LA Times reported that the FEC audit found the campaign received too…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It didn’t take long for Raleigh U.S. Attorney George E.B. Holding — who charged ex-Sen. John Edwards with campaign violations shortly before stepping down this month — to figure out what he wants to do next. The former U.S. Attorney announced Wednesday that he plans to run for Congress in the…
By Jerry Markon The Washington Post WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s decision to charge former presidential candidate John Edwards with campaign finance violations drew criticism from legal experts, including some former prosecutors, that the case was too aggressive. In the months before the indictment, the Justice Department took flak from government watchdogs for dropping corruption…
