Michael Biesecker

October 27, 2011 | Law.com

A federal judge has denied former presidential candidate John Edwards' attempt to get criminal charges against him dismissed, clearing the way for a trial next year. Still, Edwards said he was pleased with the outcome. "After all these years, I finally get my day in court and people get to hear my side of this."

By Michael Biesecker

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May 11, 2012 | Daily Report Online

RALEIGH, N.C. AP - A federal judge refused to throw out campaign corruption charges against John Edwards on Friday, meaning the former presidential hopeful will have to present his case to a jury.Lawyers for Edwards argued before U.S. District Court Judge Catherine C. Eagles that prosecutors failed to prove Edwards intentionally violated the law.

By Michael Biesecker

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January 13, 2012 | Daily Report Online

By Michael Biesecker

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May 03, 2012 | Daily Report Online

GREENSBORO, N.C. AP - Another former close aide to John Edwards testified Thursday about bungled efforts to keep the former presidential candidate's affair hidden from staff members, including an awkward encounter when she showed up at a hotel weeks after her work filming Edwards had ended.For months in 2006, John Davis said that staff members had been concerned that the woman hired as a videographer was becoming too close to Edwards.

By Michael Biesecker

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June 01, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Jurors in John Edwards campaign corruption trial said Friday they were deadlocked on most charges because the former presidential contender never actually received any money from two wealthy donors to hide his pregnant mistress, and they didn't believe the star witness' account of the cover-up.

By Michael Biesecker

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April 30, 2012 | Daily Report Online

GREENSBORO, N.C. AP - The wife of an ex-aide to John Edwards broke down on the witness stand Monday as she recounted how the candidate asked the couple to hide an affair he was having and justified using wealthy donors' money to do it.Testifying at Edwards' campaign corruption trial, Cheri Young said she huddled around a phone in her Chapel Hill home with her husband, Andrew Young, and Edwards' pregnant mistress, Rielle Hunter.

By Michael Biesecker

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