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Edwards' Fate Hands In Limbo As Jury Resumes Deliberations

AP | Posted 05.22.2012

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The jury deciding the fate of John Edwards in North Carolina has finished a second day of deliberations without reaching a ve...

A Guide To The John Edwards Trial

AP | Posted 05.15.2012

RALEIGH, N.C. — Former presidential hopeful John Edwards' attorneys are presenting his defense against charges that he masterminded a scheme to ...

John Edwards Courtroom Still No Place to Find the Truth

David Perel | Posted 05.08.2012

David Perel

The lawyer from Williams & Connolly was right all those years ago: John Edwards turned his life and pursuit of higher office into a private hell that is now playing out in a courtroom where there are no angels as witnesses.

'He Told Me To Go F*** Myself'

Reuters | Posted 05.04.2012

(Note obscenity in paragraph 6) * Scher says he told Edwards affair would destroy career * Pair reportedly clashed over ...

'Was This A Scam?'

AP | MICHAEL BIESECKER | Posted 05.05.2012

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The lawyer for a wealthy heiress who provided secret payments intended to help John Edwards testified Friday that the former presi...

John Edwards Allegedly Called Rielle Hunter A 'Crazy Slut'

Posted 04.25.2012

Andrew Young, former aide to John Edwards, alleged on Tuesday that the former presidential candidate called Rielle Hunter a "crazy slut" when he learn...

Trial Hones In On Edwards' Manipulations

Reuters | Posted 04.24.2012

(Adds details) By Colleen Jenkins GREENSBORO, N.C., April 23 (Reuters) - Prosecutors in the criminal campaign finance c...

Things Cool Down Between Rielle Hunter & John Edwards

Posted 04.24.2012

Things have cooled down between John Edwards and Rielle Hunter, the New York Post reports. A server at a restaurant in Charlotte told the Post that...

After Delays, Edwards Trial Set To Begin

AP | MICHAEL BIESECKER | Posted 04.13.2012

GREENSBORO, N.C. — After years of investigation, denials and delays, jury selection began Thursday for the criminal trial of former presidential...

Edwards Trial Date Set

AP | MICHAEL BIESECKER | Posted 05.01.2012

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The delayed campaign finance trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards is now scheduled to begin in April. U.S. Di...

John Edwards And Rielle Hunter Sex Tape Will Be Destroyed Before Federal Trial

AP | By MICHAEL BIESECKER | Posted 02.24.2012

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The sex tape of John Edwards and his mistress is headed to the shredder, but a long list of criminal charges still hangs over the for...

John Edwards Sex Tape Case Settled

AP | MICHAEL BIESECKER | Posted 04.24.2012

RALEIGH, N.C. — The purported sex tape of former presidential candidate John Edwards and his mistress will be destroyed within 30 days after a l...

Doctor: John Edwards Has Life-Threatening Condition

AP | MICHAEL BIESECKER | Posted 03.14.2012

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Ex-presidential candidate John Edwards has a serious heart condition that will require a medical procedure next month and his...

John Edwards Asks To Delay Trial, Citing Illness

AP | MICHAEL BIESECKER | Posted 02.21.2012

RALEIGH, N.C. — Former presidential candidate John Edwards says he has been diagnosed with a medical condition that would make it difficult for ...

Date Set For John Edwards Trial

AP | Posted 11.16.2011

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- A federal judge has set the trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards to begin Jan. 30, a week earlier than the date pro...

Edwards Trial Faces New Complications

AP | Posted 01.11.2012

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Federal prosecutors and lawyers for former presidential candidate John Edwards are asking that his criminal trial on illegal campa...

Hearing Scheduled In Edwards Sex Tape Case

AP | MICHAEL BIESECKER | Posted 12.31.2011

PITTSBORO, N.C. — A North Carolina judge has delayed a hearing on whether a former aide to John Edwards should be held in contempt. Andrew Youn...

Could Edwards Sex Tape Shake Up Case?

AP | Posted 12.28.2011

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A federal judge in Greensboro may make a decision involving a contempt of court accusation in the case involving a purported ...

Federal Judge Refuses To Dismiss Criminal Charges Against John Edwards

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.27.2011

On Thursday, a federal judge in North Carolina refused to dismiss criminal charges against John Edwards, local station WTVD reports. U.S. District...

Edwards' Former Mistress Seeks Contempt Order

AP | RENEE ELDER | Posted 09.20.2011

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — Lawyers for John Edwards' former mistress have filed a motion charging contempt of court against a former campaign aide and...

Edwards Legal Team Due In Court

AP | TOM BREEN | Posted 09.13.2011

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards can begin in October, a federal judge said Thursday, despite argument...

John Edwards' Daughter Lends Her Support

TIME Healthland | Posted 08.06.2011

Parents are embarrassing. It's part of our job description. We wear the wrong clothes or talk too loudly or just breathe. Yet it could always be worse...

John Edwards: 'I've Done Wrong... But I Did Not Break The Law'

AP | TOM BREEN and NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 08.03.2011

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Former presidential hopeful John Edwards pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges that he solicited and secretly spent more...

Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.28.2011

Arianna Huffington

This week Bibi Netanyahu addressed Congress; President Obama extended the Patriot Act for another four years; prosecutors moved another step closer to indicting John Edwards for misusing campaign funds to cover up his affair with Rielle Hunter; and Newt Gingrich scrambled to reconcile his claims of being "very frugal" with his $500,000 revolving line of credit at Tiffany. Meanwhile, in a political version of The Hangover sequel, the GOP's leadership, drunk on Tea (Party), did something wild and crazy -- creating a plan to gut and privatize Medicare, and pressuring elected Republicans to vote for it -- only to wake up in New York's 26th District with a pounding morning-after headache. If Democrats don't provide a cure by agreeing to deep cuts in Medicare as part of a deal to raise the government's debt ceiling, this GOP hangover could last until November 2012.

John Edwards Meets 'Bunny'

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 07.27.2011

WASHINGTON — Former presidential candidate John Edwards met Thursday with a leading figure in the investigation into funds used to cover up his ...