Edwards '08 Legal Tab in Oct. '09: $43K

Former candidate has to pay Treasury for matching funds

(NEWSER) - John Edwards owes the US Treasury a couple million dollars, and he has just 30 days to pay it. The Federal Election Commission announced yesterday that Edwards received $2.1 million too much in matching funds from the Treasury during his 2008 Democratic nomination campaign, MSNBC reports. The commission dismissed arguments from Edwards' lawyers, who claimed the commission was wrong in saying he had received more money than he should have, the AP reports. His matching funds total for 2008: $12.8 million. More»

Lawyers argue case is 'about politics,' not the law

(NEWSER) - The case against John Edwards is political, not criminal, and should be dismissed, lawyers for the onetime presidential candidate said yesterday in a hefty court filing. “While much can be said in questioning how Mr. Edwards conducted himself throughout this saga, the allegations… that he violated campaign finance laws should not be among them,” the lawyers write. “The distinction between a wrong and a crime is at the heart of this case.” More»

Candidate allegedly demanded 'crazy slut' Hunter abort child

(NEWSER) - Andrew Young's new tell-all book about his ex-boss John Edwards piles on the creepy details of the disgraced former candidate's dalliance with Rielle Hunter. Some highlights from the New York Daily News 's peek inside Young's The Politician:

• While terminally ill Elizabeth was away, Edwards had sex with Hunter in his wife's bed, then promised to someday marry her on a Manhattan rooftop.

Some North Carolinians would rather forget scandal

(NEWSER) - The national attitude toward John Edwards may be a mixture of mockery and fading recognition, but in his hometown of Chapel Hill, NC, the situation is more complex. Elizabeth Edwards is still a hit across the state, and the 2004 VP candidate is more than just a passing curiosity—he’s a neighbor. One resident said he feels “betrayed,” but “if I see him again I'll speak nice,” he tells the Los Angeles Times. More»

(NEWSER) - An irate Elizabeth Edwards is taking borderline-anonymous shots at her husband's former mistress in blog comments. The disgraced ex-senator's wife lambastes Rielle Hunder using the pseudonym "Cherubim"—which makes it easy for insiders to guess her identity. "It's Elizabeth," a source tells Rush & Molloy of the Daily News. "She's used 'cherubim' as a password. Look at the gravestone of their son Wade: It's an angel holding a boy." More»