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Raised his hand and asked the judge to define what it meant -- for purposes of the campaign to define what that meant. thats the heart of the case and the governments problem. no government entity of any kind had before the edwards indictment ever interpret this had kind of conduct as for the purposes of a campaign. >> its coming down to who the jurors should believe? you have edwards who cheated on his sick wife and the prosecutions star witness, former edwards aide andrew young who stole some ...

Address the jury using her persuasive skills as both a lawyer and politician. listen: >> given the nature of the charges and the defense in that he didnt believe he was violating the campaign finance laws, i think only john edwards can deliver that message. >> reporter: but kiran shanahan believes its unlikely we will see rielle hunter, the mistress, testify. the prosecution never called on her and her testimony would potentially be even riskier for the defense because she brings up memories of ...

That was going into hiding rielle hunter and that whatever his involvement was in the coverup, that it was motivated by a desire to protect his wife, not his campaign. now, on friday, it is the defense tried unsuccessfully to get the judge to drop the case against john ed wads, lead defense argue abby lowell argued, quo, mr. edwards could have expenses for a baby if he had a campaign or if he didnt have a campaign, mr. edwards would hide an affair if he was or wasnt a candidate. and looking at t...

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that have been assigned to you. none of the defendants have answered. in fact, none of the defendants have uttered a word in response to any of the judges questions. so far we have seen khalid sheikh mohammed for the first time in years. his beard is very long, its turned more of a reddish color. hes wearing a right turbine and hes wearing reading glasses. none of the defendants, again, have said anything. they have steadfastly remained silent. that was a real problem going in because ...

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Expected today in the corruption trial of former presidential candidate john edwards. former edwards confidante andrew young is back on the stand in north carolina today. his testimony is the key to the prosecutions case that edwards used a million dollars in campaign funds to cover up an affair. the defense says young actually took most of that money himself. voters in connecticut, delaware, new york, pennsylvania and rhode island all head to the polls today to vote in the gop presidential pr...

Edwards knew all about it. but the case revolves around one key distinction. the defense countered that the money was for personal reasons, not political reasons. to keep edwards wife elizabeth from learning the full truth about the affair. if they can convince the jury that edwards was out to deceive his wife and not to influence the election, edwards would likely prevail. now john edwards team is really launching a blistering attack on andrew young saying that he has put much of that money int...

With more on the opening day testimony, here is abcs bob woodruff. >> reporter: john edwards arrived at the court alongside his daughter cate. hes accused of soliciting hundreds of thousands of dollars from two wealthy supporters to hide rielle hunter, his pregnant mistress, from voters so he could continue his run for president. if his affair went public, it would destroy his candidacy and he knew it, the prosecutor said. his mistress was a loose cannon and he knew it. he made a choice to accep...

Today where he may reveal even more scandalous secrets from the 08 campaign. >> also this morning, a woman who donated a kidney to her own boss was fired after she had complicated developments after the surgery. shes suing, and shes demanding an explanation from her employer on new yorks long island. >> give the boss a kidney and then get canned. >> get fired. >> are you kidding me? wait until you hear that story. also later, the troubled actress who may be playing the role of elizabeth taylor...