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How serious is the John Edwards story?

Why are the Feds looking into how he spent campaign money and what could happen if they find wrongdoing?
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May 04, 2009 02:35 AM | view on twitter
Keep in mind that the Feds are now The Democrats. And I guess how serious it is depends on how serious honesty and ethics are in our elected officials.

How true the charges are is probably what you mean, though. We won't know about that until the investigation publishes its findings.

There are many things that could happen. He is not currently a senator, and it would be doubtful that he could be elected to anything. He would probably have to write memoirs in order to generate income.

According to the following article, converting campaign funds carries maximum penalties of 5 years in prison and $250K fine. I don't that conversion will be a charge, but that is one crime for which I could find the guidelines.
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http://m.ljworld.com/news/2005/aug/17/taff_indicted_misuse/


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May 04, 2009 03:21 AM - Fact Refuted
I think it is a little disingenuous to say that "the feds" are now the democrats. Although the Attorney General was appointed by a Democrat, the U.S. Attorney in North Carolina investigating this case was appointed by a Republican President (President George W. Bush).
http://projects.newsobserver.com/profiles/george_holding

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May 04, 2009 03:29 AM
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May 04, 2009 03:31 AM - Fact Refuted
It's not disingenuous (insincere, calculating). Perhaps the one person might have been a Bush appointee, but how far do you think the investigation is going to get, when the President is Democrat, the Congress is controlled by Democrats and the Supreme Court is about to have a new judge appointed by the Democrat president?

And from the article you reference: "He will likely serve as U.S. Attorney until a Democrat is elected president, when all new attorneys are typically appointed." He could cease to lead this investigation tomorrow.

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