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Doesn't anyone have anything to say about John Edwards?


Posted: Jan 19, 2011

I've been watching this board and no one said anything about his investigation. Why is that?  This is a 4 page article, so take your time reading all 4 pages on the link.

 

A long-running federal grand jury probe of John Edwards 2008 presidential campaign is nearing its conclusion as investigators wrap up an inquiry now broadened to include issues beyond the money allegedly used to conceal Edwards' affair with Rielle Hunter. Multiple sources with knowledge of the investigation tell ABC News that a decision on whether to seek an indictment of Edwards is expected within the next several weeks.

Federal investigators have recently dedicated significant resources to gathering evidence and interviewing key witnesses in North Carolina, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. Former Senator Edwards and his attorneys have acknowledged the grand jury investigation but have denied wrongdoing.

The focus of the case remains on the money allegedly spent - upwards of $1 million - to seclude Hunter and former Edwards staffer Andrew Young, who had falsely claimed paternity of Hunter's child, while Edwards continued his pursuit of the nomination.

But the government has also been digging deeper into Edwards' past, scrutinizing the transactions of a web of loosely-connected political committees, corporations and non-profit organizations associated with his failed campaign, looking for potential violations of campaign finance and tax laws, according to several witnesses who have been interviewed in the probe.

Among the groups facing scrutiny is a non-profit organization - created by former Edwards' staffers and advisers - known as The Center for Promise and Opportunity. Tax records show the center received more than $2.2 million in 2006 from undisclosed donors and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars funding events and travel for Edwards and associates - as he sought to enhance his credentials before officially entering the race. Such tax-exempt organizations are permitted to engage in some political activity so long as that it not the primary focus.

One of the center's expenditures that has piqued investigators' interest, according to sources, is a payment of more than $120,000 to Hunter's company in the summer of 2006, ostensibly for video footage of Edwards' work for the organization. At the time, Hunter's company was also under contract with Edwards' political action committee - which paid $114,086 for a series of so-called "webisodes," featuring behind-the-scenes footage of political events and some now-infamous clips of Edwards engaged in flirtatious banter with Hunter.

Read More here:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/john-edwards-affair-grand-jury-indictment-decision-expected/story?id=12636309

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What is there to say? What a disappointment!! - Early supporter

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I think people have not said much about John Edwards because even those who may have hated him politically have no wish to see him destroyed---his children have already suffered so much with he loss of their mother and they will surely be the victims. Even his wife, Elizabeth, said he was a good father.

I, personally, was an early supporter in the 2008 Democratic race and I have never been so disappointed in any politician/human being on some many levels. I have read both Andrew Young's book "The Politician" and "Game Change" about the 2008 election. They have actually made me doubt myself-if I am such a poor judge of character maybe I should not even vote. It is not that I do not wholeheartedly believe in the voting process--I just question my own judgement.

Don't question your own judgment. I, too, was a - Backwards Typist

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very, very early supporter of John Edwards. I didn't question my judgment and you shouldn't question yours. I watched and read up on the candidates and then changed my mind.

John Edwards - Sarah Palin - Not worth the effort

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Who cares? Never liked either of them, and apparently I had good instincts on both.

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