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The Obama administration's Justice Department has given federal prosecutors the go ahead to prosecute former Senator and presidential candidate John Edwards, ABC reported late Tuesday.

Edwards is aware he is facing an indictment and is considering his options, ABC's Jonathan Karl reported.

Federal prosecutors were reportedly nearing a decision in the case against the former Democratic Senator from North Carolina as of February. Federal prosecutors have been working on a case alleging Edwards violated election laws as he tried to cover up his affair with campaign videographer Rielle Hunter.

[WepKeyday]

This ambulance chasing, lying, snake in the grass deserves to have the book thrown at him.

[chzvacmyye]

Haven't heard from The Breck Girl for a long time...

And why are they after him for (allegedly) hiding an affair??? Hello??? Isn't that what ALL men having an affair do---try to hide it??? It's just sex, anyway. What's the big deal?

I guess only Bill Clinton can get away with this kind of crap...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thetic...to-hide-affair

Wed May 25, 7:54 am ET

John Edwards facing indictment for allegedly breaking campaign laws to hide affair

Federal prosecutors will soon indict former presidential candidate John Edwards on charges that he allegedly broke the law by using campaign cash to cover up an extramarital affair with a former campaign staffer

A source tells ABC News, that Edwards is aware of the charges, which could come down within the next two weeks, and is considering his options, including a plea bargain that could potentially prevent the case from going to trial.

The looming indictment comes a little over two years after investigators began looking into Edwards' 2008 fund-raising and payments his campaign made to Rielle Hunter, a former campaign videographer who later gave birth to his child. The government will reportedly contend Edwards allegedly used hundreds of thousands of dollars of illegal campaign contributions from a pair of wealthy contributors to hide his affair with Hunter and her subsequent pregnancy.

Andrew Young, a former top Edwards aide who initially pretended to be the father of Hunter's child and later wrote a tell-all book about his former boss, has testified repeatedly before the grand jury and is expected to be a key witness in the potential trial.

Last month, Young was spotted in Washington after reportedly meeting with prosecutors. In recent months, a parade of former top Edwards staffers have testified before a North Carolina grand jury in the case, as prosecutors have tried to determine how much Edwards knew about his campaign's finances.

[SeLvesTr]

You've highlighted the answer to your own question, so why bother asking? It's a matter of using campaign money improperly. Money given to him by supporters as a gift to get him elected. It's not about the affair per se, and no such election ethics were violated on Clinton's case.