Thursday, April 12, 2012

John edwards

  • By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - After years of investigation, denials and delays, jury selection began Thursday for the criminal trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • The criminal trial against John Edwards is officially underway as of Thursday, with the two-time presidential candidate expected to spend the next six weeks or so in a Greensboro, North Carolina courtroom.
  • (Forbes)
  • TWO-TIME presidential candidate and two-timing hubby John Edwards sat in a North Carolina courtroom Thursday as jury selection began in the trial that could put the final touches on his downfall.
  • (New York Daily News)
  • John Edwards' case goes forward after a judge refuses to dismiss charges the disgraced Democrat and his $400 haircut used campaign funds for his hiding mistress and baby.
  • (Death and Taxes)
  • (Updates with details on jury pool, judges comments in ninth paragraph.) April 12 (Bloomberg) -- Two-time U.S.
  • (San Francisco Gate)
  • Harder they fall — Former senator John Edwards once had a promising political future, and now he's reduced to the life of a pariah as he awaits trial. As our colleague Michael Leahy reports, he was even hissed at at a local restaurant.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Greensboro, NC -- Jury selection began Thursday in John Edwards campaign finance violation case. We spoke with Michael Rich, an Associate Professor of Law at Elon University School of Law.
  • (digtriad.com)
  • Greensboro, N.C. -- John Edwards appeared in a Greensboro Federal Courthouse Thursday to observe the first stage of his trial: jury selection. About 200 people are in the pool of potential jurors.
  • (digtriad.com)
  • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A veteran civil rights lawyer has resigned as treasurer of John Edwards 2008 presidential committee, days after the Federal Election Commission upheld a ruling ordering the campaign to repay $2.1 million in taxpayer money.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  •  What everyone's talking about: George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who says he shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in self-defense, was charged with second degree murder, a special prosecutor announced on Wednesday.
  • (CNN)

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