John Edwards is a creep, not a criminal

[karynnj]

10. Not sure about that

It looks like the Edwards team is trying to make Young the fall guy suggesting that he mastermined the entire effort to get money from Mellon and Edwards was unaware of it. If anything Mellon spoke of suggests that she personally spoke to Edwards on having given that money, it pulls him into the loop.

It really seems to me that Edwards may have set things up to make Young the fall guy. Edwards' fingers did not touch the money - yet it went through Young's wife's account. Edwards' team is now using Young's claiming paternity as proof that he is untrustworthy and a liar - yet it is pretty obvious that it was done with Edwards' knowledge - at minimum. Young is a creep, but it seems that he was willing to do anything to help Edwards - and it is pretty clear who had the upper hand in that relationship. (An interesting point is that there may be no one in the world close to him who Edwards did not betray in some way, except possibly his parents - Elizabeth and her children, Rielle, Young, and any Democrat who trusted in him or had anything to do with him. Thinking this, rather than sympathizing that he is so alone - I think he is very fortunate that Cate is standing with him, likely at enormous emotional cost to herself.)

It might come down to whether the campaign law anticipated that people could use the claim that they were giving a gift to the candidate. Given that politicians in office would be legally required to report such a gift, there is some likelihood that they did. Otherwise there is no limit on contributions. (ie either Koch brother could give Jim DeMint billions of dollars for a 2016 run by giving him a personal gift because they like him - and they could say that it is for his personal use. He could, of course, contribute an unlimited amount to his own campaign. Money laundering made easy! )

Like you, I don't believe a word that either man says unless there is independent proof.