RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) – In a sensational development in USA the federal grand jury indicted two-time presidential candidate John Edwards on Friday over $925,000 spent to keep his mistress and their baby in hiding during the time of his presidential 2008 campaign for the White House.The case of USA v. Johnny Reid Edwards contains six counts, including conspiracy, four counts of illegal campaign contributions and one count of false statements given at that time .
Edwards' has done this because of his White House ambitions. "A centerpiece of Edwards' candidacy was his good public image as a devoted family man," the indictment said.
"Edwards was aware that public revelation of the affair and the pregnancy would destroy his candidacy by, among other things, undermining Edwards' presentation of himself as a family man and by forcing his campaign to divert personnel and resources away from other campaign activities to respond to criticism and media scrutiny regarding the affair and pregnancy," the indictment added.
The indictment and an arrest warrant were filed in Greensboro, N.C., which is in the district where his campaign was headquartered.
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