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John Edwards' Lawyer Denies Plea Deal in the Works
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyA lawyer for John Edwards has denied a tabloid report that the former presidential candidate is seeking a plea deal with federal prosecutors over questions regarding his use of campaign funds. The National Enquirer reported this week that Edwards was looking for ways to avoid possible jail time as a grand jury wraps up its investigation into whether finance rules were violated when his political action committee made payments to his former mistress, Rielle Hunter. "The National Enquirer's assertion that we are in plea discussions is false," attorney Wade Smith told Raleigh's News & ...
'John Beat Me!' Elizabeth Edwards Friend Tells Enquirer
By Annie Groer - Politics DailyJohn Edwards allegedly struck his wife, Elizabeth, around the Christmas holidays, in what the National Enquirer on Wednesday called "a horrific marriage-ending fight." This is the first time physical violence has been alleged in the very public and tawdry unraveling of their 32-year marriage. The tabloid quotes an unnamed Elizabeth Edwards friend saying, "John lost his temper, big-time," adding that Elizabeth "has the divorce papers drawn up, but she can amend them to charge John with domestic violence." On Jan. 21, Edwards publicly admitted what the Enquirer had long claimed: that he ...
John Edwards Sex Tape with Rielle Hunter Alleged in Andrew Young Book
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyJohn Edwards' former staffer Andrew Young supposedly has a sex tape made by Edwards and Rielle Hunter, according to Gawker. Let's face it, Young has lied before: He previously claimed paternity of Edwards' daughter with Hunter, and if we believe him now, was willing to drive his own life over a cliff to cover up for his boss. But he now insists that he became disillusioned when he discovered the sex tape in 2007...in his friend Hunter's home. (Gee, was it hidden on the coffee table, along with an open box of chocolates?) Doubtless the motivation of a book contract had nothing to do with ...
National Enquirer Continues Campaign for Pulitzer Prize Despite Pushback
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyNational Enquirer Editor Barry Levine said Friday that he is still going to nominate his reporters for a Pulitzer Prize, despite the Pulitzer committee chair's pre-emptive strike to try to stop the process. The prize administrator, Sig Gissler, said that the National Enquirer is ineligible because it's considered a magazine and because most of the reporting on the John Edwards affair and cover-up was before 2009, according to ABC News. After hearing of Gissler's comments before the Enquirer had submitted forms for the nomination, which are due Feb. 1, Levine told me that the Pulitzer ...
John Edwards Is the Father? You Don't Say!
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyThe only mystery left on the John Edwards story is why everyone is still talking about it. Looks like a cat-bites-toy tale to me.After months of public denials, John Edwards has finally admitted he's the father of Rielle Hunter's 22-month-old baby girl. Yes, Edwards proved less trustworthy than his John-Boy looks suggested, but I thought Washington was used to that. I feel sorry for John. He's ripped right out of the pages of a Shakespearean tragedy. The word "scandal" will forever be attached to his name. My advice to him is to devote the rest of his life to obscurity and philanthropy. ...
National Enquirer Submits for Pulitzer Prize After John Edwards Admits Paternity of Rielle Hunter's Daughter
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyBarry Levine, editor of the National Enquirer, is nominating his reporters for a Pulitzer Prize for their work in uncovering the John Edwards affair. Levine told me that Edwards' admission Thursday that he fathered a daughter with a campaign videographer during his 2008 presidential run made him decide to submit nomination forms for his reporters in two categories: for distinguished investigative reporting by a team, presented in a series of articles, and for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs. Two weeks ago, I called for the National Enquirer to get the prestigious ...
Does the National Enquirer Deserve a Pulitzer for Breaking the John Edwards Scandal?
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyThe National Enquirer is a supermarket tabloid, but the time has come for the media elite to admit that it has an excellent investigative reporting team, which broke the biggest political scandal of 2009, the John Edwards affair. While its own editor concedes that the paper would never be given a Pulitzer Prize -- the jury is dominated by the newspaper establishment -- I believe the time has come for us to recognize the Enquirer's political investigative reporting. Though I don't know the other nominees for the 2009 investigative category (the deadline isn't until February), and I'm sure ...
John Edwards' Wife Elizabeth Edwards Wants to Meet Rielle Hunter's Daughter
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyElizabeth Edwards seemingly has had a change of heart about the reported illegitimate daughter of her husband John Edwards and mistress Rielle Hunter. According to a new story in the National Enquirer, Elizabeth Edwards wants to personally meet the 22-month old Frances Quinn Hunter and is encouraging her husband to meet Hunter's demands for child support of almost $18,000 a month. ...
John and Elizabeth Edwards Getting Divorced?
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyElizabeth Edwards is threatening to divorce her husband, John, after learning of allegations he had committed adultery with more than one woman, the National Enquirer is reporting. According to the Enquirer, the allegations are in a book proposal by former Edwards aide Andrew Young in which he says he falsely claimed to have fathered Rielle Hunter's 19-month-old daughter, Frances. ...
John Edwards Moves Rielle Hunter Nearby, and Elizabeth Packs Her Bags, National Enquirer Reports
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyJohn Edwards is moving his ex-mistress, Rielle Hunter, and her 18-month-old daughter to his neighborhood in North Carolina so that he can take an active role in the baby's life, according to a report in the National Enquirer. "John's admitted to his family and close friends that he's the father of Frances. He says he wants to be a part of her life and help raise his daughter," says a source cited in the Enquirer article. The former senator and Democratic presidential candidate has denied publicly that he is the father of Frances. But as I wrote last week, the Enquirer, citing sources, ...
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