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Fox
| 11 months ago
Associated Press When John Edwards faced the prospect of an indictment that could put him behind bars, he calmly told his mistress he would probably wind up in a low-security prison in Virginia more like a country club than a jail. She quickly told...
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AP Online
| 11 months ago
When John Edwards faced the prospect of an indictment that could put him behind bars, he calmly told his mistress he would probably wind up in a low-security prison in Virginia more like a country club than a jail. She quickly told him she and their...
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Seattle Times
| 11 months ago
In the same day's newspaper came the stories that the Justice Department had dropped criminal charges against former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards and that the Island County prosecutor will not file criminal charges against...
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Baltimore Sun
| 11 months ago
Three Baltimore residents were indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with a scheme to claim at least $409,000 in Maryland unemployment benefits, prosecutors said Thursday. Kevin Bernard Smith and Sheila Denis Willis, both 47, and Shekia...
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Star Tribune
| 11 months ago
Federal prosecutors dropped all charges Wednesday against John Edwards, triggering criticism that the year-long prosecution of the former presidential candidate was a waste of time and taxpayer money. After a six-week trial in North Carolina, jurors...
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Fox
| 11 months ago
FoxNews.com The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it will not retry John Edwards, two weeks after a federal judge declared a mistrial in his high-profile corruption case. The department formally abandoned its prosecution of the former...
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Canada.com
| 11 months ago
The Justice Department dropped its criminal case against former U.S. Senator John Edwards on Wednesday, closing the book on a prosecution that had threatened the two-time presidential hopeful with prison and a further fall from grace. A federal jury...
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Charlotte Observer Online
| 11 months ago
Federal prosecutors will not retry John Edwards on charges of violating ampaign-finance law after a six-week trial ended in a hung jury May 31...Department of Justice dropped all remaining charges against the former Democratic presidential candidate...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
Attorney's office announced that it will not be seeking to reset the trial on any of the counts jurors could not reach a verdict on.
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CNN
| 11 months ago
Federal prosecutors dropped the remaining charges against former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Wednesday, less than two weeks after his corruption trial ended in an acquittal and mistrial. The Justice Department had accused...
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Los Angeles Times
| 11 months ago
A year after indicting former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on campaign finance fraud charges, the Justice Department on Wednesday dismissed all remaining charges against the former North Carolina senator. The dismissal came 13 days...
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Vanity Fair
| 11 months ago
The Justice Department just quashed all hopes (re: fears) of a sequel to this spring's maudlin blockbuster, The John Edwards TrialCinematography by Rielle Hunter . Five counts against former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards that a jury...
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The New York Times
| 11 months ago
In the interest of justice, we have decided not to retry Mr. Edwards on those counts, Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department's criminal division, said in a statement. Mr. Edwards, was charged with campaign-finance violations in his bid for the...
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USA Today
| 11 months ago
Department of Justice will not retry former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards over payments his backers made to cover up his extramarital affair during the 2008 White House campaign. In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, Assistant...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
John Edwards corruption charges dropped US prosecutors have dropped the five remaining campaign finance fraud charges against former Senator John Edwards, following a mistrial. The two-time presidential candidate was declared not guilty of one charge,...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Federal prosecutors said they will not continue to pursue a case against former Sen. John Edwards after a jury was unable to produce a a verdict two weeks ago. Edwards faced six felony counts over whether he illegally used contributions to cover up...
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AP Online
| 11 months ago
N.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors dropped all charges Wednesday against John Edwards after his corruption trial ended last month in a deadlocked jury.
Jurors in North Carolina acquitted the former presidential candidate on one count of...
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The Dallas Morning News
| 11 months ago
Federal prosecutors have moved to drop all charges against John Edwards after his corruption trial ended last month in a deadlocked jury. A jury in North Carolina acquitted the former presidential candidate last month on one count of accepting...
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National Public Radio
| 11 months ago
The Justice Department is walking away from its case against John Edwards. Federal prosecutors have announced they will not retry the former Democratic presidential candidate on campaign finance charges. The decision comes soon after jury was unable...
