my precious quinn who i love more than any of you could ever imagine. and i am so close to and so, so grateful for quinn. i m grateful for all my children. amy robach, abc news, new york. rielle takes aim at mrs. edwards, a witch on wheels who drove john to cheat. tune in for that interview friday. she also suggests that they remain romantically involved. of course he is involved in quinn s life. find all of that out in the 20/20 interview this coming weekend. abc news exclusive. we ll be right back. the 20/20 interview this coming weekend. tune in friday. abc news exclusive. we ll be right back.
Out on the press conference. i want to show a segment of that where edwards talks about for the first time acknowledging his daughter quinn and secondly edwards admitting he did a lot of wrong things just not the misuse of campaign money. let s roll this tape. and then finally, my precious quinn. who i love more than any of you could ever imagine. and i am so close to and so, so grateful for. so grateful for quinn. i m grateful for all of my children. wheel i do not believe i it while i do not believe i did anything illegal or ever thought i was doing anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong and there is no one else responsible for my sins, none of the people who came to court and testified are
Out on the press conference. i want to show a segment of that where edwards talks about for the first time acknowledging his daughter quinn and secondly edwards admitting he did a lot of wrong things just not the misuse of campaign money. let s roll this tape. and then finally, my precious quinn. who i love more than any of you could ever imagine. and i am so close to and so, so grateful for. so grateful for quinn. i m grateful for all of my children. wheel i do not believe i it while i do not believe i did anything illegal or ever thought i was doing anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong and there is no one else responsible for my sins, none of the people who came to court and testified are
All his children, including frances lynn hunter. finally, my precious quinn. who i love more than any of you could ever imagine. and i am so close to and so, so grateful for. so grateful for quinn. i m gradeful for all my children. including my son wade who we lost years ago. reporter: as he left the courthouse a reporter shouted a question whether he planned to marry reille hunter, edwards did not answer. heather: what happened inside that carolina court? our legal experts will breaker it down for you. and will federal prosecutors give this another shot? bill: we are just getting
Together, and i love them both so dearly. and they are such an important part of every day of my life. and then finally, my precious quinn. who i love more than any of you could imagine. and i am so close to and so, so grateful for. so grateful for quinn. i m grateful for all my children. one of the most disgraced men in america. former presidential candidate john edwards off the hook at least for now. the jury deadlocked on five charges. they acquitted him on one charge. our legal panel is here. gym hammer joins us from san francisco, bernie grim and ted williams are here. ted, you are a big defender of john edwards. i m a big defender, boy,
Edwards outside of that courtroom. did you see where he choked up? my daughter, and quinn. give me a break! when you look at this case, one of the other sleazeballs in this case was andrew young, the chief witness for the government. this guy not only got the money, put it in his private bank account, but even took some of the money and built a house. yes, jim. i think there s another part to the question why did the prosecutor get wrapped up in this case. there s this idea when you come across a case that s so disgusting and we all agree the affair he carried on and what he put his daughters on is disskippable. i think the prosecutor thought he s such a horrible man, i m going to get him. but there wasn t a crime. that s dangerous, though. the prosecutor is going to prosecute someone because he gets the top prize for being the biggest creep?
They were dressing the same and things like that. and you look at andrew young and you are right. he said he lied to the whole nation. i am quinn s father. suddenly he s on the father saying believe me. but the other thing that incriminated him, most of the the money, bunt any money the bunny funny money. was to build $600,000 house or build the pool. so most the money didn t go to edwards or i don t know allow you want to explain this to the audience but i know a lot of people and i interviewed andrew young a lot of people that were around edwards. they all new this this was true. do you want to weigh in that maybe you knew something, maybe you be didn t know something? i m not putting you on the spot or anything. no, no, no. yes, you are. no, i came into the campaign in april. and hunter and andrew had both
Who should be held accountable for my sins, honestly, i don t have to go any further than the mirror. it s me. it is me and me alone. reporter: prosecutors failed to convince jurors that edwards illegally used money from wealthy donors to hide his pregnant girlfriend rielle hunter in the middle of the 2008 presidential campaign. edwards acknowledged how difficult this trial has been on his children, especially cate. she has been here no matter what. no matter how awful and painful the lot of the evidence was for her. evidence about her dad, evidence about her mom, who she loves so, so dearly. but she never once flinched. she said, dad, i love you. i ll be there for you. no matter what. reporter: then for the first time, he emotionally spoke of his young daughter quinn with former girlfriend rielle hunter. the child he long refused to acknowledge. and then finally, my precious quinn. who i love more than any of you
You could ever imagine. and i am so close and so, so grateful for. so grateful for quinn. i m grateful for all of my children, including my son wade who we lost years ago. but you know, this is the last thing i m going to say. i don t think god s through with me. i really believe he thinks there are still some good things i can do. whatever happens with this legal stuff going forward, what i m hopeful about is all those kids i ve seen in the poorest parts of this country and in some of the poorest places in the world, that i can help them. and whatever way i m still capable of helping them. i want to dedicate myself to being the best dad i can be. and to help those kids who i think deserve help.
Edwards outside of that courtroom. did you see where he choked up? my daughter, and quinn. give me a break! when you look at this case, one of the other sleazeballs in this case was andrew young, the chief witness for the government. this guy not only got the money, put it in his private bank account, but even took some of the money and built a house. yes, jim. i think there s another part to the question why did the prosecutor get wrapped up in this case. there s this idea when you come across a case that s so disgusting and we all agree the affair he carried on and what he put his daughters on is disskippable. i think the prosecutor thought he s such a horrible man, i m going to get him. but there wasn t a crime. that s dangerous, though. the prosecutor is going to prosecute someone because he gets the top prize for being the biggest creep?