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Edwards faces six felony counts related to campaign finance violations in trying to cover up the affair with his mistress, Rielle Hunter. The jury has the following instructions, according to the AP: To convict Edwards, U.S. District Court Judge ...  

Jurors in the trial of John Edwards entered their fourth day of deliberations this morning. The 58-year-old former presidential candidate is charged with violating campaign finance laws in connection with nearly $1 million from Texas trial lawyer Fred Baron and heiress Rachel "Bunny" Mellon that was used to hide his affair with videographer Rielle Hunter.read more  

Cate Edwards was expected to testify in her father's campaign finance trial, but did not take the stand. The defense said they plan to call her tomorrow and could call John Edwards himself, as well as his former mistress, Rielle Hunter, tomorrow.  

John Edwards' defense team rested Wednesday without calling the two-time Democratic presidential candidate or his one-time mistress to the witness stand, a sign of confidence after presenting little more than two days of testimony and evidence.  

GREENSBORO, N.C. — It’s come to this: in a trial steeped in salacious private revelations, jurors now even know how long Rielle Hunter’s menstrual cycles typically lasted. That would be four to five days, in case you’re wondering. This last tidbit of information was read to a federal jury here Wednesday by Abbe Lowell, the lead defense attorney for former senator John Edwards, who is accused of violating campaign finance laws by allegedly...  

Updated at 6:55 p.m. ET: John Edwards' defense lawyers said Tuesday they might call both Edwards and Rielle Hunter, his mistress and the mother of his youngest daughter, to the stand Wednesday in his campaign finance corruption trial.  

However, defense lawyers presented intimate details of mistress Rielle Hunter's menstrual cycle, in an effort to pinpoint the date she realized she was pregnant. That information could cast doubt on the prosecution claims that Edwards was trying to cover ...  

The nearly $1 million in donations used to hide John Edwards' mistress and love child were not campaign contributions, the Federal Election Commission concluded, according to documents filed in Edwards' trial. The FEC audit of Edwards' 2008 ...  

Prosecutors say the Mellon payments, along with $200,000 from Edwards' campaign finance chairman, were illegal campaign contributions intended to cover up Edwards' affair with Rielle Hunter and save his campaign from collapsing in scandal.  

The charges were tied to nearly $1 million from Texas trial lawyer Fred Baron and heiress Rachel "Bunny" Mellon that was used to hide the affair he had with videographer Rielle Hunter while his wife, Elizabeth, was dying of cancer. In 2007 ...  

Prosecutors said Edwards "knowingly and willingly" accepted nearly $1 million in contributions from two wealthy donors to hide former mistress Rielle Hunter and her pregnancy, and then concealed the donations from the public by filing false and ...  

* Edwards learned of donation in August 2008-friend * Daughter may testify on Tuesday By Colleen Jenkins GREENSBORO, NC, May 15 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Senator John Edwards looked surprised when he learned in 2008 that a wealthy donor had funneled money to an aide, an Edwards confidante testified on Tuesday as his defense sought to refute charges that Edwards had solicited the funds...  

Former United States Senator John Edwards admitted today to ABC News that he had an extramarital affair with novice filmmaker Rielle Hunter while his wife was in remission with cancer. Edwards has denied being the father of Hunter's child, Frances Quinn ...  

According to ABC, if the jury in the John Edwards corruption trial finds him not guilty, he may attempt to return to the political arena. As we know, Edwards is being charged with channeling campaign funds to his mistress and the mother of his child, Rielle Hunter, which is apparently against the law. John Edwards may [...]  

The jurors who will decide the fate of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards in his campaign finance case began their deliberations at 10 a.m. Friday.At issue is whether Edwards illegally used nearly $1 million from two wealthy donors to hide his relationship with Rielle Hunter and her pregnancy while he was seeking the 2008 presidential nomination.On Friday morning, Judge Catherine Eagles divided the 16 people who have heard...