Remember John Edwards?

[struth]

Actually, it was definitely a crime.

No, the jury said what he did wasn't a crime. Why don't you have any respect for the rule of law?

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

That was during the primary....Demoncrats got rid of him, not republicans.

Also, a really shitty false equivalence.

You really suck at rewriting history...Should prolly take up knitting.

"Republicans were fine with prosecuting him for it."

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

No, the jury said what he did wasn't a crime. Why don't you have any respect for the rule of law?

Why do you keep misrepresenting the facts?

On May 31, 2012, Edwards was found not guilty on Count 3, illegal use of campaign funding (contributions from Rachel "Bunny" Mellon), while mistrials were declared on all other counts against him.[2] On June 13, 2012, the Justice Department announced that it dropped the charges and would not attempt to retry Edwards.[3] - Wikipedia entry

Indictment and trial​

On May 24, 2011, ABC News and the New York Times reported that the U.S Department of Justice's Public Integrity Section had conducted a two-year investigation into whether Edwards had used more than $1 million in political donations to hide his affair and planned to pursue criminal charges for alleged violations of campaign finance laws.[121][122][123]

On June 3, 2011, Edwards was indicted by a federal grand jury in North Carolina on six felony charges, including four counts of collecting illegal campaign contributions, one count of conspiracy, and one count of making false statements.[124]

After postponing the start of the trial while Edwards was treated for a heart condition in February 2012, Judge Catherine Eagles of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina scheduled jury selection to begin on April 12, 2012.[125] Edwards's trial began on April 23, 2012, as he faced up to 30 years in prison and a $1.5 million fine.[126]

In a related development, on March 13, 2012, the Federal Election Commission ruled that Edwards's campaign must repay $2.1 million in matching federal funds. Edwards's lawyers claimed the money was used, and that the campaign did not receive all the funds to which it was entitled, but the Commission rejected the arguments.[127]

Twelve jurors and four alternates were seated, and opening arguments began April 23, 2012.[128] Closing arguments took place May 17, and the case went to the jury the next day.[129]

On May 31, 2012, Edwards was found not guilty on Count 3, illegal use of campaign funding (contributions from Rachel "Bunny" Mellon), while mistrials were declared on all other counts against him.[2] On June 13, 2012, the Justice Department announced that it dropped the charges and would not attempt to retry Edwards.[3]

Return to law practice​

After his political career ended, Edwards, along with attorneys David Kirby and William Bystrynski, founded the law firm Edwards Kirby in Raleigh, specializing in medical malpractice cases.[49] In 2015, his daughter Cate was the managing attorney of the San Diego office of the firm.[130]

 

[whitehall]

What is it with the crazy left these days? They defend the grooming of kids in schools by drag queens but they are shocked by an alleged extra marital affair.

 

[the watcher]

Thet were for it before they were against it. https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/16/politics/settlements-congress-sexual-harassment/index.html

 

[JoeB131]

No, the jury said what he did wasn't a crime. Why don't you have any respect for the rule of law?

The jury acquitted him on only one charge.

The other five were deadlocked.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

What is it with the crazy left these days? They defend the grooming of kids in schools by drag queens but they are shocked by an alleged extra marital affair.

Right. Stop whining. Move over. Leave the country.

The left is taking over. Next, they'll be storming legislative houses in order to stop elections of rightwingers.

 

[JoeB131]

What is it with the crazy left these days? They defend the grooming of kids in schools by drag queens but they are shocked by an alleged extra marital affair.

Nobody is grooming kids.

No one ever became gay because they saw a man in a dress. If they did, Bugs Bunny would have made us all gay.

Your party impeached a president over a blow job.

 

[rightwinger]

Oh and it should be noted, that Edwards, even after all that, was still on Obama's short list for VP CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - AP: Edwards makes Obama’s VP list « - Blogs from CNN.com

Wasn’t chosen was he?

You morons will select Trump regardless if what he does
How the fuk can you support Trump after Jan 6?

WTF is wrong with you?

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

The jury acquitted him on only one charge.

The other five were deadlocked.

Mistrials. The DOJ dropped further charges and decided not to retry. Because the charges were weak.

Comparing Trump and Edwards is apples and oranges, although both fruit there are distinctions with differences.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Nobody is grooming kids.

No one ever became gay because they saw a man in a dress. If they did, Bugs Bunny would have made us all gay.

Your party impeached a president over a blow job.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Wasn’t chosen was he?

You morons will select Trump regardless if what he does
How the fuk can you support Trump after Jan 6?

WTF is wrong with you?

How the fuk could they support Trump after the Hollywood Access tapes.

 

[sartre play]

The Trump case is an utter embarrassment to law. Flimsy is an understatement.

The New York case against Trump relies on a 'twisty' legal theory that reeks of desperation

Don't know how Flimsy many of the cases may be,
But I would question the honesty of ANY one with that Huge number of negative actuations against them.
Many of them he is not even on trial for.

 

[Couchpotato]

Clinton didn't rape anyone.

All of those women were proven to be liars. Even Ken Starr didn't really believe them.

Come on. Juanita Broderick? the 11 other women who have accused him of sexual assault or misconduct? Lewinsky, while it was consensual was clearly textbook sexual harassment. All the ties to Epstein. I'm not even sure why you're trying to defend him. Clinton was a serial SA'er.

 

[Couchpotato]

"Republicans were fine with prosecuting him for it."

yeah because campaign finance violations are illegal. Edwards paying off his mistress while tawdry isnt illegal. Using campaign funds to do it on the other hand is a felony.

 

[Lesh]

I liked the name of the boat Edwards was cheating on. The Monkey Business

Dope

 

[JoeB131]

Come on. Juanita Broderick? the 11 other women who have accused him of sexual assault or misconduct? Lewinsky, while it was consensual was clearly textbook sexual harassment. All the ties to Epstein. I'm not even sure why you're trying to defend him. Clinton was a serial SA'er.

Juanita Broderick was a liar.

She filed two affidavits claiming she never had sex with Clinton. She continued to work on Clinton's political campaigns and events and accepted an appointment to a state board by Clinton. This is not what a rape victim does.

Most of the "other 11 women" have said the encounters were consensual. At least one (the one from England) isn't even a real person. Sure, Clinton associated with Epstein, but so did Trump.

He was an adulterer. So were Henry Hyde and Newt Gingrich, who still impeached him over the blow job without a single twinge of irony.

 

[JoeB131]

yeah because campaign finance violations are illegal. Edwards paying off his mistress while tawdry isnt illegal. Using campaign funds to do it on the other hand is a felony.

Except Edwards used campaign funds and didn't report it. Instead, he had a staffer claim HE was the father or Reille's baby. The Staffer was paid off, too.

 

[struth]

Wasn’t chosen was he?

You morons will select Trump regardless if what he does
How the fuk can you support Trump after Jan 6?

WTF is wrong with you?

Because Trump didn't do what Edwards did. It's a false comparison.

 

[struth]

The jury acquitted him on only one charge.

The other five were deadlocked.

So he remains innocent. Duh....geez.