I posted earlier on Specter the Turncoat getting busted to junior positions on his senate committees (after receiving promises from his friend Harry Reid that was not going to happen); now it appears that former NC Senator (and would-be Veep) John Edwards is in some hot water with the Justice Department...seems there's some missing accountability regarding some campaign funds that he received which may have gone to his 'mistress'. He just might have to experience the prison side of the 'two Americas' that he harps about.
(Yes, Birdman, before you point it out I know that Edwards is a UNC and N C State grad...
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Here's an excerpt from a Fox News story, all emphasis is my own:
Vanity, Karma Continue to Take Toll on Edwards
FOXNews.com
Monday, May 04, 2009
Former Sen. John Edwards could face up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if an investigation into his campaign finances yields an indictment, a guilty verdict and the maximum penalty -- an outcome that some observers say couldn't happen to a more deserving guy.
"I think the biggest problem we're hearing from people when they talk about this case, aside from the criminal possibilities, is how angry a lot of people still are at John Edwards, not for his infidelity but for claiming the mantle of his wife's illness as part of the reason for his running for president, and then while he was running for president engaging in this kind of conduct," said Washington Examiner political editor Chris Stirewalt.
"I think there's going to be very little sympathy for the former senator as this goes forward. I mean, people are mad," Stirewalt said.
Feds are combing through Edwards' 2008 presidential campaign checkbook to see if there's more to the story of his payments to his former mistress, Reille Hunter, who was hired by the campaign to produce a Web-based film about the former North Carolina senator and 2004 Democratic vice presidential candidate.
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Full story:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/04/vanity-karma-continue-toll-edwards/
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