Mistrial for John Edwards.

[powderman]

http://www.yahoo.com/_ylt=AsXLzPJec1hIxp3gMix4oImbvZx4;_ylc=X3oDMTlxajYzMHFnBF9TAzIwMjM1MzgwNzUEYQMxMjA1MzEgbmV3cyBibG9nIGVkd2FyZHMgdmVyZGljdCBtZXNzeSB0BGNjb2RlA3B6YnVmY2FoNQRjcG9zAzUEZWQDMQRnA2lkLTIzMTI5NjYEaW50bAN1cwRpdGMDMARsdHh0A0Vkd2FyZHNjYXNlbWlzdHJpYWwEbWNvZGUDcHpidWFsbGNhaDUEbXBvcwMxBHBrZ3QDMQRwa2d2AzEzBHBvcwMwBHNlYwN0ZC1mZWEEc2xrA3RodW1ibGluawR0YXIDaHR0cDovL25ld3MueWFob28uY29tL2Jsb2dzL3RpY2tldC9qb2huLWVkd2FyZHMtdmVyZGljdC1ub3QtZ3VpbHR5LWd1aWx0eS1qdXJ5LTE4MzIzMDI3NS5odG1sBHRlc3QDNzAx/SIG=13hmcaf82/EXP=1338584806/**http%3A//news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/john-edwards-verdict-not-guilty-guilty-jury-183230275.html
 
 
  Mistrial declared in John Edwards case; not guilty on one of six counts    By Dylan Stableford | The Ticket – 2 hrs 39 mins ago           After nine days of deliberations, the jury in the John Edwards corruption trial in Greensboro, N.C., said on Thursday that it could agree on a verdict for just one of six counts but remained deadlocked on the others--and U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles declared a mistrial.
The one count the jury agreed on--count three--was related to money given to Edwards by Rachel "Bunny" Mellon, a wealthy Texas heiress. The jury found Edwards not guilty of that count.
According to ABC News, Edwards hugged his attorney, Abbe Lowell, his daughter Cate and his two elderly parents after the verdict was read. "I love you," Edwards told Cate just prior to the verdict.
Earlier Thursday, Eagles asked the 12-member jury to continue deliberations and come to a unanimous decision on the remaining five counts, but the jury returned without one.
Edwards had been charged with conspiracy, four counts of receiving illegal campaign contributions and one count of making false statements for allegedly soliciting and secretly spending over $925,000 to cover up his affair with Rielle Hunter, a campaign videographer, during the 2008 presidential election. He faced up to 30 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines if he had been convicted on all counts.
Edwards outside the federal courthouse in Greensboro, N.C., May 31, 2012. (Chuck Burton/AP)Click image to see more photos.
The jury began deliberations on May 18 after a month of testimony that covered the sordid details of Edwards' affair with Hunter, the elaborate cover-up and campaign finance law.
Prosecutors said Edwards knew exactly what he was doing in 2008 when he used nearly $1 million in campaign funds to cover up his affair with Hunter.
Lawyers for the former presidential candidate claimed the payments from Mellon and trial lawyer Fred Baron were intended as personal gifts, not political contributions, to shield Edwards' wife from learning of Hunter's pregnancy with his child. Elizabeth Edwards, who was battling cancer at the time, died in 2010.
The defense argued that while he may have been a "bad husband," he did not violate any federal laws.
Edwards did not testify during the trial, nor did Hunter, who lives in Charlotte, N.C., with Frances Quinn, her four-year-old daughter with Edwards.
From combined staff and wire reports.

[Conan The Librarian]

Well, I do take some comfort in knowing that there's no law against being a dirtbag and a jerk. Not much different from Newt Gingrich, from the description, except there was coverup money involved.

[Him]

 I can't think of a single response that wouldn't carry with it a risk of being banned.

[powderman]

CONAN. Was newts wife dying too?? POWDERMAN. 

[Conan The Librarian]

The way I heard it reported is that he asked for a divorce while his cancer stricken first wife was in the hospital, and he dumped his second wife when she had MS. Since news reports on personal anecdotes like this are usually false, I'll have to assume there is, at best, a grain of truth to it.

[SHOOTALL]

The way I heard it reported is that he asked for a divorce while his cancer stricken first wife was in the hospital, and he dumped his second wife when she had MS. Since news reports on personal anecdotes like this are usually false, I'll have to assume there is, at best, a grain of truth to it.

If I were female and he showed intrest I would head for the hospital and get a complete check up , he is better than a med dog at finding women with health issues . Maybe he can turn it into a business since his old one is all washed up.

[yellowtail3]

This 'mistrial' is a good thing. This was the gov't trying to make an example of Edwards, figuring it had a slam-dunk because he's seen by the public as such a sleazebag... that even those who thought and hoped and prayed he was the second coming of Bobby Kennedy won't support him...

Being a cheating husband, liar, self-important pretty boy and lawyer aren't against the law. Shame on the gov't for going the salacious soap opera route to try to get a conviction. Shame on the US gov't.

Rich Lowry at NRO has it nailed:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/296822/john-edwards-slimy-not-criminal-rich-lowry

[mcbammer]

Sounds  like   hes  good   Presidential   material.  Typical   democrat!

[powderman]

Sounds  like   hes  good   Presidential   material.  Typical   democrat!

 
YEP, things like that are like a badge of honor for libby dems. Look at billy bob clinton, instead of condemning him the libs came out in his defense. Kinda reminded me of fat albert, HEY HEY HEY. POWDERMAN. 

[lakota]

I have to be honest here: I paid zero attention to this scumbag and this trial. I am not even clear as to what he was on trial for-that shows how much I care about it.

[yellowtail3]

He was on trial because the gov't thought they had an easy target for prosecution.