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Witness: Edwards asked heiress for more money
May 07, 2012
May 07, 2012
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Virginia estate -- one of Edwards' defense lawyers objected. The judge then sent the jury from the room until she could hear what the witness had to say.
Edwards' lawyer Alan Duncan argued that the 2011 request was irrelevant to the indictment, which focuses on what prosecutors called about $1 million in secret payments from Mellon and another supporter of his 2008 White House bid. They say some of that money was used to help hide Rielle Hunter, Edwards' then-pregnant mistress, from tabloid reporters seeking to expose the Democrat's affair.
Edwards has pleaded not guilty. He faces up to 30
Virginia estate -- one of Edwards' defense lawyers objected. The judge then sent the jury from the room until she could hear what the witness had to say.
Edwards' lawyer Alan Duncan argued that the 2011 request was irrelevant to the indictment, which focuses on what prosecutors called about $1 million in secret payments from Mellon and another supporter of his 2008 White House bid. They say some of that money was used to help hide Rielle Hunter, Edwards' then-pregnant mistress, from tabloid reporters seeking to expose the Democrat's affair.
Edwards has pleaded not guilty. He faces up to 30
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