“John Edwards” on The Daily Caller

Having given up on pillorying Mitt Romney for plundering his way to vast wealth — because, unfortunately, it isn’t true — the NFM (Non-Fox Media) seem to have settled on denouncing him as a rich jerk. (more)

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Former Senator John Edwards was introduced to another America last Thursday by a federal judge in Greensboro, N.C. Edwards had sought to have the criminal charges against him dismissed, but the judge rejected the request. (more)

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge is considering whether to hold a former aide to John Edwards in contempt in the legal fight over a purported sex tape involving the ex-U.S. senator and presidential candidate. (more)

Washington (CNN) — Former presidential hopeful John Edwards must pay back $2.3 million that exceeded his matching funds from his 2008 campaign, the Federal Election Commission ruled Thursday. (more)

Over the past two weeks, former presidential candidate John Edwards underwent an indictment for allegedly using $925,000 of under-the-table contributions to conceal his relationship with Rielle Hunter during his ’08 presidential campaign. (more)

The National Enquirer is reporting on “a devastating act of ultimate revenge,” saying that Elizabeth Edwards, the now-deceased wife of John Edwards, has left a video testimony to played during the former presidential candidate’s trial. (more)

The federal prosecutor who has pursued former Sen. John Edwards announced his departure this morning. (more)

At first blush, the decision to indict former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) for conspiracy to accept illegal campaign contributions, given the facts and circumstances, seems like a stretch, to say the least. (more)

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted two-time presidential candidate John Edwards over massive sums of money spent to keep his mistress in hiding during the peak of his 2008 campaign for the White House. (more)

Criminal charges are likely to be filed Friday against John Edwards, the culmination of a two-year federal investigation into money used to cover up his extramarital affair during the 2008 presidential election. (more)

With various politicians in the news for their scandalous affairs, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and John Edwards, former Democratic Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm explained on MSNBC Wednesday morning why females in power are less likely to commit similar indiscretions. (more)

The United States Department of Justice has green-lighted the prosecution of former presidential candidate John Edwards for alleged violations of campaign laws while he tried to cover up an extra-marital affair, ABC News has learned. (more)

Before Arnold Schwarzenegger was the Govenator, he starred in a movie “Junior,” where he was the subject of a fertility research program. What can he use as an excuse now? We now know he fathered a child with a member of his household staff ten years ago. This news prompted the separation from his wife of 25 years, Maria Shriver. (more)

Disgraced politician John Edwards is said to be deeply depressed – to the point of being suicidal – over the prospect of a criminal trial that could end with him being jailed if found guilty. (more)

After National Public Radio took huge hits stemming from conservative James O’Keefe’s sting video, the publicly-funded radio network’s legal correspondent, Nina Totenberg, took to defending NPR’s product. (more)

Here is the problem I have with indicting John Edwards:  Apparently the prosecutors’ idea is that if Edwards used money from “Bunny” Mellon and others to keep his mistress stashed away and quiet, this was really a campaign expense and should have been paid for out of campaign funds. But suppose Edwards had paid for it with campaign funds. Don’t you think prosecutors would now be thinking of indicting him for an improper use of campaign funds?  (You can’t pay for most meals using campaign funds. You can’t buy mittens with campaign funds. Are mistresses going to be OK?) … (more)

Attorneys for a former aide to John Edwards today sought a court order to compel the two-time presidential candidate to provide additional information in a dispute over ownership of a sex tape he allegedly made with his mistress. (more)

Everybody’s favorite Rielle Hunter source, Pigeon O’Brien, tells her story in the Huffington Post.  I learned some things: 1) A lot more people were investigating the Edwards/Hunter sex scandal than I’d thought. It wasn’t just the National Enquirer and Sam Stein of HuffPo. Other campaigns and other publications were calling O’Brien for confirmation. Which raises the question: If so much of the MSM knew or suspected the story was true, why was it subequently so easily cowed by the efforts of John and Elizabeth Edwards to cover it up? 2) After Edwards’ first semi-confession, when he swore he couldn’t be the father of Rielle Hunter’s child, MSM reporters took his side with O’Brien: (more)

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 1 (UPI) — Former 2008 Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards of North Carolina may face a federal indictment connected to campaign finances, observers said. (more)