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Who seems to be willing to say that the purpose of these expenditures were for the campaign. >> reporter: prosecutors have michael cohen saying, under oath, the payments were made to affect the outcome of the election. they had no such witnesses in the edwards trial. president trump tweeted the payments were a, quote, simple private transaction, but noble points to the timing of the payments as a key factor in determining intent where they made simply to keep the alleged affairs private or to influence the outcome of an election. >> hi, everyone. >> reporter: edwards' affair occurred during th...

My alter ego. >> should we start with the edwards trial? >> i think we should. the jury in the edwards trial finding him not guilty on one count and jurors couldn't agree on all the other counts against him so edwards is a free man. we'll hear from him in just a minute. >> also, mitt romney comes out swinging against president obama. the republican presidential nominee hit mr. obama hard yesterday about a business loan deal that went bust costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. of course, the president phoning romney a couple of days ago to congratulate him. we knew the gloves were ...

Of a trial which could have put him away for 30 years. he's just beat the rap. he's declared himself innocent and ready for political leadership again. and he's also saying, and i had this child through this woman and that's something i want to talk about now. >> let me weave that story into the other story. >> we're running along, watching the parade of these big egos coming down main street. we're amazed by them. >> absolutely unbelievable. this is a long road to redemption for him. i have no doubt about that. however, it did start out on the right track. he made a statement that was close t...

That in so many words, yes, moral wrongs were made here but as far as the letter of the law, they tried to prove that their client shouldn't have even been brought to trial. this case should not have been brought to trial. >> first of all they wanted to make sure they made that motion to preserve it on appeal. they had to make their motion to dismiss after the prosecution case. they wanted to show that they claim that taking the evidence in its best light, the prosecution failed to make out a prima facie case. saying there was no indication that john edwards personally had knowledge or intent ...

Well, i love all my children after having praise for her. >> i do agree it was one of those moments. bobby kennedy used to say hang a lantern on your problem. part of that that was given was done ahead of time. he did what was supposed to be done in politics because you're already found guilty, you might as well admit it. here he is going through that procedure. here he is. >> 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. >> well, that's quite a scene. your thought...