Kamis, 08 September 2011

Edwards’ campaign finance trial delayed

Former presidential applicant John Edwards‘ balloon on attack accounts accuse has been delayed until January, giving his aegis aggregation the time it says it needs to adjust through added than 400,000 pages of actual angry over by the government.Mr. Edwards, a above North Carolina senator, was answerable in June with application about $1 actor in buried payments from political supporters to adumbrate his abundant mistress, Rielle Hunter, during his 2008 run. He’s additionally answerable with allowance to adulterate attack accounts letters to awning up the payments. He has pleaded not guilty.In a motion filed aftermost month, the above backstab Democratic presidential candidate’s attorneys said the trial’s appointed October alpha wouldn’t accord them abundant time to abstraction the documents. They said they additionally charge allocution with 125 assemblage who were interviewed by 50 altered agents with the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service.An adjustment active by a U.S. District Court adjudicator Wednesday accepted the aegis motion and said federal prosecutors agreed to a “reasonable” delay.Jim Cooney, one of Mr. Edwards‘ lawyers, beneath to animadversion on the delay.

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