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2. I live in NC and Edwards was prosecuted for that very behavior

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sun Dec 9, 2018, 05:22 PM

Dec 2018

yes he got 1 acquittal and the rest of the charges hung but he was indeed prosecuted and the man who prosecuted him is still in Congress having just won his latest race.

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