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John Edwards Says Money Paid To Former Mistress Was Not Hush Money

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Posted by Fred 2008-08-16 01:01|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 It was for ~~palimony~~ services rendered. She ran a video production service. Very professional, though somewhat inexperienced.

Posted by Knuckles Flump9514 2008-08-16 02:52|| 2008-08-16 02:52|| Front Page Top

#2 "It...it...it was happy money........yeah that's right."

Posted by Jineper Grundy2363 2008-08-16 08:07|| 2008-08-16 08:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Last week Edwards said he has been honest 99% of the time. Do you think this is part of that 99%... or not?

Posted by regular joe 2008-08-16 08:45|| 2008-08-16 08:45|| Front Page Top

#4 He might not consider it hush money, but the feds might consider it a crime.

The earlier, $14,000 payment to Hunter is significant because its source was Edwards' OneAmerica political action committee, whose expenditures are governed by U.S. election laws. Willfully converting political action committee money to personal use would have been a federal criminal violation.

Posted by tu3031 2008-08-16 09:38|| 2008-08-16 09:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Importantly, $12,000 is the limit for legal gifts. Anything over that amount must be reported as income. And if over $10,000 is transferred between individuals in a six month period, there are substantial reporting requirements for any institution involved.

This means that unless this courier was transporting cash, there should be a paper trail or federal law has been violated. And unless she reported the money as income, she may be guilty of tax evasion.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-08-16 10:14|| 2008-08-16 10:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Meh. When's the last time the FEC handed out real punishment for campaign fraud? For that matter, when's the last time the IRS nailed a high-profile politically connected person?

Posted by regular joe 2008-08-16 11:16|| 2008-08-16 11:16|| Front Page Top

#7 I always thought the dems were really gung-ho for abortion. Seems like 1 abortion would have made this all go away for lots less money...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2008-08-16 12:19|| 2008-08-16 12:19|| Front Page Top

#8 "when's the last time the IRS nailed a high-profile politically connected person?"

Dunno about the politically connected part, joe, but Wesley Snipes comes to mind for the high-profile part....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-08-16 12:45|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-08-16 12:45|| Front Page Top

#9 "Edwards is honest 99% of the time"...99% of nothing (absolutely no sense of values) is still nothing.

Posted by WolfDog 2008-08-16 16:58|| 2008-08-16 16:58|| Front Page Top

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