Edwards Trial Shows Affair’s Strains on Campaign: Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 - The two lives of John Edwards have collided spectacularly in the federal courthouse where the government is trying him on charges of campaign finance fraud and conspiracy.
John Edwards Jury Retires for the Weekend: Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 - After five hours, the jury in the federal corruption trial of John Edwards went home for the weekend Friday, leaving few clues about how their deliberations are proceeding.
Edwards Defense: Sin vs. Crime: Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 - After hearing final arguments in John Edwards’s federal corruption case, jurors were to begin deciding whether he is guilty of six counts of campaign fraud and conspiracy.
Election-Finance Witness for John Edwards Barred: Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 - A former chairman of the Federal Election Commission was prepared to say donations used to hide former Senator John Edwards’s affair did not qualify as campaign contributions.
Edwards Defense Presents Witnesses Aimed at Discrediting His Accuser: Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 - A defense witness testified Tuesday that the aide who helped John Edwards hide an affair and the child it produced spent more of the cover-up money on his own family than on Mr. Edwards’s mistress.
Bunny Mellon Is Thrust to Center in John Edwards Trial: Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 - At 101, Bunny Mellon finds herself thrust into an unwelcoming limelight, as a central figure in the John Edwards trial.
Prosecution Rests After Presenting Video of John Edwards’s Lies About Affair: Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 - Watching John Edwards watch himself lie, when a 2008 television interview was played in the courtroom, was the most electric moment yet in his dramatic three-week trial.
Speechwriter Recounts Edwards’s Decision to Come Clean About Child From Affair: Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 - A prosecution witness in John Edwards’s federal corruption trial called him “a pathetic little man” and “evil” in e-mails with another witness, testimony in the trial revealed.
Obama’s Media Team Has Aggressive Ads at the Ready: Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 - The work of President Obama’s media team, aided by Jim Margolis, is already on vivid display.
Aggressive Ads For Obama, At the Ready: Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 - President Obama's media team has prepared an aggressive strategy to portray likely Republican challenger Mitt Romney as insensitive to the plight of working people and beholden to powerful interests; campaign advisers say they are willing to commit a large chunk of their ad budget to the strategy. Photo
Patron’s Contributions and Their Intent Are Focus at Edwards Trial: Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 - Under investigation is $725,000 of the $7 million the heiress Rachel Mellon had given John Edwards since 2004.
An Idea Worth Saving: Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 - Public financing, the most vital campaign reform, has collapsed. Will anyone try to revive it?
Edwards Aide Says Relationship Concerned Him: Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 - Staff members had tried to prepare for the impact of a tabloid newspaper article about John Edwards’s extramarital affair, one former aide testified.
Wife of Edwards’s Ex-Aide Tells of Deception: Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 - Cheri Young said she agreed to the deception about John Edwards’s affair because she believed there was no other way to protect Mr. Edwards’s presidential bid and her husband’s career.
Ties to Romney '08 Helped Fuel an Equity Firm: Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 - Solamere Capital, private equity firm founded by presidential candidate Mitt Romney's son Tagg Romney and Romney campaign fund-raiser Spencer Zwick, is in line to collect at least $16.8 million in fees over six years, despite a challenging fund-raising climate; Tagg Romney and Zwick dispute allegations that they cashed in on their political connections, arguing that Solamere, like any fund, has had to persuade investors on its merits. Photos