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Tabloid: We Caught Edwards Visiting Mistress, Love Child

National Enquirer corners ex-candidate after LA rendezvous

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 23, 2008 12:39 PM CDT
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(Newser) – The National Enquirer claims to have cornered and confronted John Edwards yesterday after a late-night tryst with the woman they have been saying for months is his mistress and the mother of his infant child. The tabloid says its reporters tracked Edwards as he entered a Los Angeles hotel through a side door and used a basement elevator; left the hotel and returned again with her; and left again at 2:40am. When confronted by Enquirer reporters, they say, he fled—and then hid in a bathroom and summoned security.

Several bloggers are giving the scoop some credence; Mickey Kaus complains on Slate that the mainstream press is ignoring the story. A close friend of Edwards, 54, previously claimed to be the baby’s father, the Enquirer writes, but filmmaker Rielle Hunter has told friends Edwards is in fact the father, and that the ex-senator has met his child several times.

Former Democratic presidential hopeful, John Edwards.
Former Democratic presidential hopeful, John Edwards.   (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
The National Enquirer says it caught former Sen. John Edwards visiting his mistress and their child at a Los Angeles hotel.
The National Enquirer says it caught former Sen. John Edwards visiting his mistress and their child at a Los Angeles hotel.   (AP Photo)
Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., left talks with his running mate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., before their concession speeches in Boston's Faneuil Hall, Nov. 3, 2004.
Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., left talks with his running mate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., before their concession speeches in Boston's Faneuil Hall, Nov. 3, 2004.   (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
John Edwards
John Edwards   (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)
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