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7:27 PM 5/3/2009

Former Democratic Presidential Candidate and Attorney-General hopeful John Edwards faces a Federal investigation into his alleged misappropriation of political campaign monies paid to his mistress during the 2006 primary season. 

  His opponents accuse Edwards of using campaign funds for hush money to keep his affair quiet. More than $14000 was paid to Rielle Hunter to produce video footage of his campaign for future advertising and documentary purposes, but the footage has been characterized as 'equivalent in quality to the average vacation video.' The $14,000 payment was listed in the campaign records as 'furniture purchase'.
  Edwards maintains his innocence of any wrongdoing with regard to the funds in question, although he was forced to admit his affair with Ms. Hunter after tabloid newspapers hounded him for months and major network media prepared to break the story. His admission of the affair while his wife suffered through cancer treatment effectively torpedoed his Presidential ambitions. He has since then maintained a low profile. 
  As if that isn't enough, his wife, Elizabeth, who is dying of terminal cancer, is soon releasing a book detailing both her cancer and her husband's affair and the effect both have had on her. 
  Despite a full-court defense of Edwards by the Democratic machine, no serious effort has been made to bring him back into the fold for a future run at any office.