Edwards Pleads Not Guilty in Campaign Fund Case

Not a good wee for Democrat, huh?

I just keep thinking how the MSM sat on this story for over a year. Why did that happen? Maybe they didn’t Edward’s supporters flocking to Hillary Clinton and edging out Barack Obama for the nomination.

I’m just sayin’…

New York Times

John Edwards, the former Democratic senator from North Carolina and nominee for vice president in 2004, was once one of his party’s most promising young stars. But on Friday he found himself in a stunning fall from grace — in a courtroom in North Carolina, being read his rights.

Earlier in the day, a federal grand jury indicted him on charges that he violated federal campaign finance laws by “secretly obtaining and using” contributions from wealthy benefactors to conceal his mistress and their baby while he was running for president in 2008.

He pleaded not guilty to the charges and set the stage for a trial that will most likely dredge up embarrassing details of his affair and his betrayal of his wife and those who believed in his campaign. But Mr. Edwards, a skilled trial lawyer, had rejected a chance to avoid a trial through a plea bargain, opting instead to take his chances in front of a jury.

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