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The book and so on and so forth. the government didn't charge either of them. mr. barren had died by the time they brought the charges and bunny mellon was over 100 years old. you can understand why the government didn't accuse them of an illegal contributions. that's just another thing about this case that was unusual. then the evidence in the trial indicated that andrew young who was given the money to take charge of and to try to conceal the fact that john edwards had a mistress, the evidence at the trial was he spend a lot of it on himself. not on john edwards. that's another thing that ha...

We would have a sec trial? >> probably, but the national kpblt of prosecutors. . that's a difficult question, and i'm quite confidence they have no idea what they're going to do. >> a great answer. a fact to answer. much more on the john edwards case ahead. just remember this guy was on the political ticket of 2004. he came in second in iowa right ahead of obama and hillary. this guy was a major figure a couple -- ah, claim trouble. [ voice of dennis ] you should just switch to allstate, and get their new claim satisfaction guarantee. hey, he's right, man. [ voice of dennis ] only allstate put...

Knowingly break campaign finance laws. we noted they tried to get the case thrown out completely. what is the strongest part, i guess, of the puzzle presented by his defense team here? >> probably andrew young. this one time protege. the guy who worked for him for many years. seemed to profit off his service with john edwards. i think that's the argument. the edwards' lawyers were putting forward in their remarks, their closing remarks and i think a lot will hinge on what happened. what the jury thinks about andrew young's credibility. >> that is so interesting. andrew young was the guy who al...

Buddy melon, her checks to be clear in 2008. they couldn't reach agreement on the other five counts. so the judge declared a mistrial on them. and then the question is will the federal government bring these charges again? i'm quite certain that the justice department hasn't decided what to do there. there are arguments for or against it of the you'. you've made some of the ones against it. those are some of the things the government has to consider. i would be surprised at the end of the day, chris, if the justice department does decide to refile given the complexities in this case and the th...

>> he was a fantastic courtroom lawyer. i don't know what court he thought he was speaking to there. i think he thinks the court of voters out there in some future place and time that he's going to use his pay. >> contributors have given him money in the past and will give him again because of what he just said there, i'm going to help the poor. he had to go to that tonight and he didn't. out there it only takes one out of ten. they've got a lot of money and he's back in business. thank you, howard feinman. perhaps i thought of something you hadn't. >> you just did. >> we're going to have more...