Not a big surprise at all. Although you would think it was, the way my iPod has been blowing up for the last hour!
A federal grand jury in Raleigh, N.C., today handed down a six-count indictment against former Sen. John Edwards for allegedly using more than $900,000 in campaign funds to hide his mistress during the 2008 presidential campaign.
The charges, following a two-year investigation, include conspiracy, illegal campaign contributions and making false statements. Edwards is expected to be arraigned on the charges this afternoon. Read the full indictment.
“The Edwards probe is at its core a dispute over whether funds are contributions, independent expenditures or a gift. This kind of dispute almost never generates a criminal referral much less an indictment,” former federal prosecutor and four-term Alabama congressman Artur Davis told ABC News.
An Edwards spokeswoman told the Associated Press that she wasn’t aware of the filing and declined immediate comment.
via John Edwards Indicted on Charges of Conspiracy and False Statements – ABC News.
Something tells me that ol’ “Silky Pony” is going to be doing the “Silky Pony” in a jail cell somewhere, with a big black man pretty soon. Although, I will say this; He will most likely serve his term in a “Country Club” type of Prison, like Martha Stewart served her time in. Whatever he is actually convicted on, will be appealed down to something light. You watch, rich people like Edwards never do jail time, ever. I do not have a thing against wealthy people at all; except when they use it to avoid justice.
You watch and see if I am not right.
I cannot say that he does not deserve what he is getting. What this creep did to his wife, was inexcusable. Personally, I’d like to see the fucking liberal asshole face a firing squad myself. But that, is just me.