Lowell argued that campaign finance laws do not govern money given from one third party to another third party--in this case, Rachel "Bunny" Mellon to Edwards' former aide Andrew Young and his wife, Cheri Young--for personal expenses, even if those personal expenses are to hide a mistress.
Date: May 17, 2012
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Edwards' defense closes by arguing he sinned with his affair, but broke no laws
Lowell also delivered an attack Thursday on the credibility of the prosecution's key witness, Andrew Young -- referring to the former aide and his wife, Cheri Young, as a couple "who could shame Bonny and Clyde."
Toben, developer of Greenbridge condominiums in Chapel Hill, testified that Edwards called him after he drove Hunter and Andrew and Cheri Young to a private jet at Raleigh-Durham International Airport for the start of their hopscotching across the country, trying to outrun National Enquirer reporter
Date: May 08, 2012
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Witness: Wade Smith said Mellon's money went to help Edwards
They have also brought forward a parade of campaign staffers who divulged that the former senators affair with Rielle Hunter, and even her pregnancy, was not the well-kept secret described by Andrew and Cheri Young, the couple who helped hide Hunter from aggressive tabloid reporters.Andrew and Cheri Young, key witnesses for the prosecution, testified that Edwards was aware of the payments that Mellon provided, but others have testified that Edwards told them he was not aware that Young had asked the Virginia philanthropist for the large sums of money.
Date: May 05, 2012
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Edwards Knew Checks for Mistress Helped Him, Lawyer Says
Smith was responding to questions about the purpose offurniture checks made out by Mellon to an interiordecorator, Bryan Huffman, and later endorsed by Cheri Young, thewife of an Edwards campaign aide, Forger testified.
atmosphere had been tense, combative and sometimes tearful during the testimony of the trial's first two witnesses. Those witnesses, Edwards' former aide Andrew Young and his wife, Cheri Young, said the former Democratic hopeful had conspired to obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars to hide Hunter.
Date: May 03, 2012
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John Edwards Mistress Wanted to Say She Was 'Abducted By Aliens'
Previous witnesses, John and Cheri Young, have testified that they were assigned to keep Hunter hidden while Edwards pursued the Democratic presidential nomination. The coverup continued after he dropped out, they claim, because he was angling for a top job like vice president or attorney general.
Under cross-examination from Edwards' lawyer this week, Cheri Young rarely gave Duncan an inch, counter-punching his questions with questions of her own or deflecting attempts to impugn her credibility by making statements painting Edwards as the liar.At the end of the day, the defense showed a tape that Cheri Young filmed inside the $2,700-a-month rental home near Chapel Hill that was leased for Edwards' pregnant mistress while she was hiding from tabloid reporters during the fall of 2007. The house was a short drive from Edwards' sprawling esta