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June 1st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
The sins Mr Edwards referred to had been forensically documented during the
month-long trial, as prosecutors detailed how he began an affair with Rielle
Hunter, a film maker on his campaign, even as his wife Elizabeth was dying
of cancer.
The government unsuccessfully argued that Mr Edwards had solicited nearly $1
million from two elderly donors in order to raise funds to hide Ms Hunter
and Quinn, the daughter she bore him, from his wife and the American media.
Mr Edwards briefly choked up as he described the child, whose paternity he
once denied. “My precious Quinn, who I love more than any of you can
ever imagine and who I’m so close to and so so grateful for,” he said.
He also indicated that, despite his political disgrace and the possibility
that he may face a re-trial on the remaining five charges, he still saw a
future for himself in public life.
“I don’t think God’s through with me, I really believe he thinks there
still some good things I can do,” he said.
Observers said the courtroom was silent as Judge Catherine Eagles took the
jury through each count but that Mr Edwards broke into a relieved smile as
it became clear that he was not going to be convicted.
The one count on which which the jury found him not guilty was of illegally
accepting campaign contributions from Rachel “Bunny” Mellon, a
101-year-old banking heiress, during the 2008 calendar year. Mrs Mellon was
an early supporter of Mr Edwards, often writing him handwritten notes
comparing him to Robert Kennedy.
The acquittal came at the end of a chaotic day at the Greenboro court. Judge
Catherine Eagles brought the jury into the courtroom after lunch and said
she understood they had reached a verdict on all six counts, only to be
corrected by the foreman, who said they had only decided on one.
The judge initially sent the jury back to continue deliberations but an hour
later accepted that they were deadlocked on the remaining charges.
Prosecutors accused Mr Edwards of knowing about roughly $1 million being
funneled to former aide Andrew Young and the candidate’s mistress Rielle
Hunter. They also said he was well aware of the $2,300 legal limit on
campaign donations.
The weeks-long trial has gone into the most intimate details of a sordid sex
scandal that effectively ended Mr Edwards’ political career and the
elaborate cover-up that involved his most trusted aide, the aide’s wife, and
the two wealthy donors.
Mr Edwards’ lawyers have argued that the ex-US senator never knew that taking
the money violated campaign finance law, and that his personal
transgressions weren’t illegal.
Mr Edwards met Ms Hunter in 2006 in a New York bar, where she persuaded him to
hire her to produce short videos of him from the campaign trail. Although
the low quality films were sneered at by his aides, Edwards kept her on the
staff and the two soon became romantically involved.
He consistently denied allegations of the affair, which were first reported by
the tabloid The National Enquirer in late 2007 and were largely ignored by
the mainstream American media.
But as speculation grew that he might be selected as Barack Obama’s running
mate, his relationship with Ms Hunter came under fresh scrutiny.
Mr Edwards eventually admitted his affair with Ms Hunter in August 2008 but
said he was not the father of her baby daughter, Quinn.
He continued to deny paternity for more than a year until finally admitting he
was the father in early January 2010. His wife, Elizabeth, left him days
later but died within a year after her breast cancer spread.
Mr Edwards had been the Democrats’ nominee for Vice-President in the 2004
election and was seen as having a credible chance of winning the party’s
presidential nomination over Mr Obama or Hillary Clinton.
Even after proof of his affair mounted, Edwards was still considered a
potential attorney general or even Vice-President in the Obama
administration.
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