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"all the stuff that happens in the Obama administration"
what stuff? or just typical WC slander?
AYoung seems miserable in #edwardstrial. Judge asks him not 2 mumble. Gov attys seem annoyed w/ star witness. Crossexam will be rough.Defense lawyers for John Edwards are expected to get their first shot at cross examining a former aide who is a key witness against his former boss. (AP)Young will take the stand for a third day Wednesday, with prosecutors expected to finish their questions by lunchtime. The defense claims Young spent much of the money at issue in the case building a $1.5 million house. (AP)
"all the stuff that happens in the Obama administration"
what stuff? or just typical WC slander?
Andrew Young is the Government's KEY witness?
Defense (Abbe Lowell) beat on Young like a pinata all afternoon. Goal was to bruise his credibility .#edwardstrialRT @MarkGeary: Andrew Young's most common response to #JohnEdwards attorney questions: "I don't recall." #edwardstrialFor instance: Young's book, "The Politician," was billed as "every word in the book was provably true." #edwardstrialThen Lowell noted (with every statement as a question) that Young testified that there were inconsistencies in book. #edwardstrialLowell noted there were issues with Young's story of how Rielle got on the payroll. Once, Edwards ordered it. Another time ... #edwardstrial... Edwards' body man told him. Date was wrong, too, according to Lowell. Young: "I don't recall saying that." #edwardstrialA few times Young said he had misspoken about certain details. Lowell: "What's the diff between a mistake and a misstatement?" #edwardstrialYoung: "I guess there's not one, sir." Zing! I'm pretty sure the D liked that response. #edwardstrialBy end of Lowell's cross of Young today, it seemed author of The Politician had not read his own book. #edwardstrialTHE DEFENSE DIRECTLY ASKED YOUNG, WHEN CITING ONE SECTION, "ISNT' IT TRUE THAT YOU LIED IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE CASES ABOUT CRITICAL FACTS?" YOUNG QUICKLY SAID NO.Another odd moment: On Tues., Young said he was "ecstatic" he would get commission from fundraising venture. #edwardstrialToday, Lowell noted the word "ecstatic." Young: "I don't recall saying it." Lowell: "It was just yesterday." #edwardstrial
Last edited by SA210; 04-25-2012 at 04:20 PM.
NOT GUILTY
NOT GUILTY
"As noted by nearly every campaign finance lawyer who considered the matter, this was a lousy case," said Melanie Sloan, executive director for the campaign finance watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
A former trial lawyer, Edwards was so unimpressed with the testimony against him that when the government rested, he turned to a member of his defense team and asked dismissively, "That's their case?"
The final decision to prosecute Edwards was made by the Obama administration and the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section.
http://news.yahoo.com/observers-edwa...074929116.html
Hopefully Obama lets this one go. NC is a toss up state and I wouldn't want Obama to insist on a retrial to gain some sort of political advantage. Tax money has been spent and a jury has spoken. Let it go. God bless
That's OK, they have bigger fish to fry. Like the killer of Obama's son, George Zimmerman.
Final score: John Edwards 1 GOP witch-hunt 0
The Justice Department just dismissed its case against former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards.
Reported by Ryan J. Reilly“We knew that this case – like all campaign finance cases – would be challenging,” Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer said in a statement. ”But it is our duty to bring hard cases when we believe that the facts and the law support charging a candidate for high office with a crime. Last month, the government put forward its best case against Mr. Edwards, and I am proud of the skilled and professional way in which our prosecutors from the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina conducted this trial. The jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict on five of the six counts of the indictment, however, and we respect their judgment. In the interest of justice, we have decided not to retry Mr. Edwards on those counts.”
Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.co...ohn-edwards-ca
lol @ Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer being a GOP member.
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